That version of PowerSDR is not optimized for panadapter use. Like anything, there are a variety of SDR programs around. The latest PowerSDR/IF Stage svn from WU2X & W1CEG can fill the screen with just the pan display (or waterfall or panafall). You can also add a VFO/S-Meter strip and/or Band/Mode buttons. No clutter, huge pan display, just the most needed controls. Here are some examples...
http://www.telepostinc.com/psdr35_collapsed_2a.png http://www.telepostinc.com/DSCN0583f.jpg 73, Larry N8LP > Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2010 11:26:09 -0700 (PDT) From: Al Lorona > <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] time to order your P3, > design details? To: [email protected] Message-ID: > <[email protected]> Content-Type: > text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 >> >?To get you started, look at ... >> > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_Fom1QwNa4&feature=related ? >> > > That is really pretty, but?my prevailing thought was that perhaps it's just > too much eye candy-- which really doesn't?make interpreting the?data any > easier. The spectrum readout-- arguably the most important area of the > screen-- is difficult to concentrate on with the distraction of the other > detail (color, shading, texture, 3D effects, text, labels, buttons, controls) > of the skin. > > I really believe?simpler is better. Let me illustrate by example. The last > time you flew on a Boeing 767 this is what the pilots saw on the flight deck: > http://www.airliners.net/photo/Continental-Airlines/Boeing-767-424-ER/0111170/&sid=0444c7e1280e36facb8845d82b29142f?? > > > Many?of you?would perhaps laugh at such a?simplistic 1970s display and would > find excuses not to pay money for it in 2010.?But this is certainly a > mission-critical application where simpler displays mean quick, efficient > interpretation by the pilots in whose hands we place our lives. They gotta be > able to glance and read the situation instantly, without having to twiddle or > read a lot of controls. > > I know I'm comparing apples and oranges. And I know I'm sounding like an old > guy. But the trend in radios-- whether traditional or SDR-- is certainly > going towards more and more eye candy. These fancier and fancier GUIs (and > front panels) can start to make one dizzy. If it doesn't have at least?four > blue LEDs and?two or three?irregular-shaped pink buttons, people won't buy > it, I guess! > > The display of the P3 shares many characteristics with the 767 display. > Without getting into any of the pro-computer/ anti-computer arguments, this > is one reason why I like the way the P3 has been laid out. > > I kinda like simple and uncluttered. If it's good enough for the captain of a > 767, it's good enough for me. > > ------------------------------ ______________________________________________________________ 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
