On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:02 AM, iw1ayd <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 18/11/2010 18:00, [email protected] wrote: > >> Re: [FlexEdge] Wish List Items for HRD > > Well, I should agree with every item here written. Starting from > standardization of whatever could be standardized by us at ours level. IF > anything could be done better why not. > ...<shortened: but be sure I can keep doing what I am already doing.>... I am not nearly as concerned with backward compatibility as I am with forward progress. The problem is, at this point forward progress means that we are going to have to eventually abandon the venerable serial port and the assumption that low-IF is a sound-card. The trick is to ensure that people will be able to keep doing what they are doing but with some major changes in how it is done 'under the hood'. Clearly, there needs to be an RF/IF platform. Without that there will be no progress, period. Flex has given us the first platform and its success in spite of serious software teething problems definitely has the attention of other players. Tony Parks' SoftRock boards and the Flex 1500 have shown how inexpensive it can be to do a good transceiver at an entry-level price (or even better). So we now know that there is going to be a first-class RF/IF deck available. Now the key is to get the other components to catch up. This means that the major players in producing back-end modem/CODEC, logging, and station control software need to begin to adapt to the newer systems. The presence of a standard that several adopt will make the difference. I think we could probably very quickly name the five or six software packages that make up the bulk of software-enabled radio activity. HRD, fldigi, MixW, MTTY, N1MM are the ones that come to my mind instantly. If you got these and only these to code to new standards the entire population of amateur radio software writers would follow suit. After all, they want to remain relevant. We have an example of how this process should work -- the Internet. I think that I can say with some confidence that the Internet represents the largest cooperative venture in the history of man. Even so, it started with a relatively few forward-thinking individuals and key corporate players making it happen. The model is clear -- *everyone* benefits when competitors cooperate to create a new market as it open up the possibilities for everyone. So, operating as a Standards group and soliciting the cooperation of the major players is going to be a winning strategy for all of us. -- 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.
