[hpsdr] Database reset = loss of calibration data?

[Brian Lloyd]

On Sat, Jul 12, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Jeff Cook <jeffrie at talktalk.net> wrote:

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> Hello Brian, and thanks for the explanation. I'm no sort of engineer at
> all and would position myself as just one level up from being a button
> pusher, and hence rather likely to make the kind of false assumption you
> describe. But speaking purely for myself, I think I would be more likely to
> make that false assumption if my database were removed automatically
> without my knowing about it, then I really would wonder just what was going
> on.
>

If I were doing it I would put up a splash screen that says that the
database is unusable and the software is reverting to all default values so
the user isn't confused.


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>
> Perhaps SDR in general and HPSDR in particular isn't suitable for complete
> novices, and if so then the design team may quite reasonably assume that
> their adherents can cope with the removal and rebuilding of the database in
> question. Although in my experience they all seem very prepared to hand
> hold where necessary.
>

All true. It just depends on how you view things.

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Brian Lloyd
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