Quite true... Also, with an SDR, just like any other SW based gear, the SW has to work. The hardware is useless if the software is broken. All it takes is one or two hefty bugs to get by their QA and you're screwed. At that point, you have to get the manufacturer a) to reproduce/recognize the bug and b) fix it in a timely manner. If you're fighting a 3rd party issue (i.e. a bug in Windows or some other software an SDR depends on), you're potentially dead in the water with a total loss. These are _big_ challenges to SW customers as we all know.
With fully hardware/firmware defined rigs like our elecrafts and others we're not as dependent on that. I.e. elecraft writes the firmware and designs the hardware so they own the whole thing. And 3rd party issues aren't going to be nearly as big of a factor.... LS W5QD, K2 #6882 -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/W9OY-on-P3-tp4596769p4600121.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
