[Freetel-codec2] "parrot" now listening 7177 KHz LSB for Sunday

2020-07-25 Thread Al Beard
More reliability testing. I have the occasional "double free" and crash message, about every five or so QSOs. --- Alan VK2ZIW OpenWebMail 2.53, nothing in the cloud. ___ Freetel-codec2 mailing list

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Are we being distracted by LPCnet

2020-07-25 Thread glen english
IMO You wont attract too many FM people to 700D, LPCnet-C2  can win over those , at least in terms of voice quality and robustness (compared to DSTAR, and DMR is really more like CB) , given that LPCnet with a relatively simple modem can be 12dB ahead of FM. Needs a frequency hopping radio

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Are we being distracted by LPCnet

2020-07-25 Thread glen english
Hi Adrian Good  rational points you make. BTW:AD9361, AD9371, ADRV9008 are all "sub-optimal" (I have to be nice to my ADI friends) for narrow band work. too noisy, insufficient dynamic range. But this new one is worth looking at (I have info on it on NDA) here is the (public) pre release

Re: [Freetel-codec2] Are we being distracted by LPCnet

2020-07-25 Thread Adrian Musceac
Free software is not popular at all among end users and it will probably never be as popular as closed software. Instead, free software is incredibly popular and successful for enterprise users and companies. Right now, from the largest 8 software companies in the world, only one does not