But don't expect much. In the September issue of the Flex insider, talking primarily about SmartSDR, but see last sentence:
"630m and 2200m For those of you that are experimenting with 630-meters and 2200-meters, we added support for these bands as licenses were issued, but we used the frequency rather than the wavelength on the buttons in SmartSDR. Since most folks are referring to them by their wavelength, we've changed the buttons to 630 and 2200. While we're on the topic of new frequencies, some of the EU countries are being issued new privileges in the 60m band and we've modified SmartSDR v1.5 with these updates as well. We're preparing an update to PowerSDR that includes these new bands as well." Flex is largely right that PowerSDR is a mature product, but there are still a few missing features and/or bugs that one could reasonably expect be addressed in what was, for the VU5K, a nearly $5k rig. The one which affects me and other VHF/UHF/satellite users is the lack of a digital FM mode, 9600 baud and up. For us, that lack is as important as the lack of a narrow CW mode would be for most HF operators. There are also some issues with the VAC in full duplex mode. At Dayton 2015, I talked with Gerald at the Flex booth and asked what happened to his 2014 commitment to address the digital FM question. He explained that they had moved their resources on to SmartSDR, and there just wasn't any model which they could come up with which was economically viable to continue development of PowerSDR. He also said something about having lost some data which would require a lot of effort to recreate. The noise was too loud to hear exactly what that was. He did add that the one reason they would make updates was if there turned out to be incompatibilities with WIN10. At TAPR 2015, I talked with Steve, N5AC about the issue, and why it was important. He was polite and understanding of the situation, but also said in effect, business is business, and that trumps other commitments and promises. Fortunately Flex has made the primary source code available, and we are seeing developers add functions or fix minor glitches. Thank you all who have the specialized skills to do this, and are willing to share. 73s, Alan WA4SCA ----------------------------------- Keep Calm and Carry On _______________________________________________ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List [email protected] To opt out of the Reflector: http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz
