On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 4:52 PM, Greg Zenger [N2GZ] <[email protected]>wrote:
> Eventually id like to see a modular version of PowerSDR that will allow us > to write our own modules or 'plugins'. Then we can start porting or > rewriting software for the digital modes that would be intimately tied in. > Virtual audio and serial port cables will eventually become a thing of the > past. They are important at this stage of the game because they allow us to > use existing software not specifically designed for PowerSDR. In addition > to digital modes, modules for logging and station control could bring > everything you need to one screen. > Welcome to Deep Impact. > > Id like a GUI that is more customizable. I would customize it in such a way > that I could setup different 'tabs' along the top of the PowerSDR screen > for > different modes of operation. If I click on CW, I get skimmer like > functionality, if I click on SSB id have access to more filter and eq > settings. For contesting I would have a different configuration than for > DXing, or just tuning casually around the bands. Id setup buttons for each > antenna. If the antenna didn't work on the band that I currently had > selected, it would be 'greyed out'. Or maybe only the applicable antennas > would show up. The rotor for the selected antenna (if applicable) would > then be controllable from some buttons that came up in the 'antenna > controls' portion of the screen when that antenna was selected. > > I would also like to see graphics card acceleration for the waterfall > display. I would like to have the waterfall pan with the VFO as I tune > around. That way I don't get 'lost' when I click on a new station to work. > (I understand that nothing will show up on the frequencies that were out of > the pass band) I would like features such as CW skimmer, the Bandmap > feature > from N1MM, and even DX spots to be embedded directly over the waterfall > display in different layers that can be turned on or off. (like google > earth) > Yup, yup, yup. All stuff we have been talking about for a couple of years. > > > > I would like real time 'DVR' type abilities, so I can jump back in time by > a > few seconds and decode the station that I saw start transmitting 10khz > below > me. > > > > Do I expect to see any of this for this year's holidays? Of course not. > But > I do suspect we will see this sort of thing in the future. I haven't > completely figured out what Deep Impact will be all about, but I have a > feeling it will be a step in the right direction. > > > > Until then, I'll keep cobbling everything together using 30 different > programs and hundreds of windows all over my screen. It is fun to watch > this evolve. > Right on bro! -- Brian Lloyd, WB6RQN/J79BPL 3191 Western Dr. Cameron Park, CA 95682 [email protected] +1.767.617.1365 (Dominica) +1.931.492.6776 (USA) (+1.931.4.WB6RQN) _______________________________________________ Flexedge mailing list [email protected] http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexedge_flex-radio.biz This is the FlexRadio Systems e-mail Reflector called FlexEdge. It is used for posting topics related to SDR software development and experimentalist who are using beta versions of the software.
