Alberto ( & Phil ),
After using Winrad along with an SDR-14 for a few weeks, I can easily
say this is a very powerful combination. You should be very proud of
your work. Thank you for a great tool!
I am experimenting with Winrad 1.22 along with an SDR-14 and a 432/28
mhz receive converter for 70cm WSJT & CW EME work. The CW mode with
noise reduction and adjustable CW filter bandwidth is fantastic for
EME CW. Additionally, the ability to see the entire segment from
432.000 to 432.100 allows me to watch the entire band for WSJT or CW
activity. My next project will be to interface the SDR-14/Converter
combo into the TR switch to automate the changeover. I also intend to
set up this combination for 144 mhz EME work.
Winrad is a great tool. The wideband viewing capability truly adds
enjoyment to random work on EME. With that in mind, I have a few
questions or possibly feature requests to help me further utilize
Winrad for EME....
1) Does Winrad have an open interface or callable exit routine to
pass control information to outside devices such as a transceiver or
receiver?
- In particular, I would like to pass the "Tune" frequency to a
Kenwood TS2000 or similar transceiver. Currently, I can watch the
entire band, click on the JT65 signal thereby passing the USB audio
to WSJT. I would also like to somehow instruct my transceiver the
frequency on which to transmit to have a 2 way qso. Even if the
information is only passed as a data structure, I could write my own
interface to format & issue the commands.
2) Is there a way to save my SDR-14 related settings between Winrad
sessions?
- I have not figured out how Winrad can remember to use SDR-14
as the input each time I start the program. It would be nice if it
could remember the input and related settings such as 100khz bandwidth.
3) Out of curiosity... is the full passband of data available for
other programs to read & analyze?
- In following the Linrad discussion related to WSJT and the
new MAP65 concept, I am intrigued by the potential for Winrad to do
this. In my opinion, if you could combine the extraordinary usability
and installability of Winrad with this integral use of WSJT, you
would have the ultimate WSJT EME software platform. In particular, it
would be a combination that would be usable by the majority of
windows based users.
4) Is there anything that we, the winrad user community, can do to
help you?
Again, congratulations on creating an extremely usable and useful
software radio platform. I am truly enjoying the combination of a
superior SDR software and hardware platform dealing with the pain of
linux and all of the associated challenges.
Well done!
Vic K6UCY
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