[hpsdr] PowerSDR, cuSDR and new GUI for HPSDR

[Simon Brown]

Michael,

For me the big motivation to support ANAN radios is Phil VK6PH's new
Ethernet-based protocol. I do agree with everything you say below, having
written Ham Radio Deluxe for the best part of ten years I know just how
important a nice GUI is.

IMO the Console program such as PowerSDR is probably 20% to 30% of a
complete SDR suite, there are remote servers, native (IQ) digital software,
Skimmers / SuperBrowsers - more than enough for another ten years'
development. And never underestimate the support - supporting pesky users
who find bugs you never notice :) .

My goal is to be running my own software with an ANAN 10E / Gemini 1K next
year in RTTY contests on 40m / 20m.

Simon Brown, GK4ELI
http://sdr-radio.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Hpsdr [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Michael
Sent: 24 October 2016 10:13
To: hpsdr at lists.openhpsdr.org
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] PowerSDR, cuSDR and new GUI for HPSDR

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Dear SDR enthusiasts,

there are different motivations for people involved in latest art SDRs. 
Most people here develop HW & SW on a voluntary base in their free time to
contribute something outstanding to the HAM radio community, to radio
development overall and maybe also drive technology to a new level. You can
not imagine how big the 'Thank You' is from those people who know what it
takes to develop such HW & SW!

On the other side this project has left by far the enthusiast's group as
Apache Labs drives distribution of ANANs through major HAM suppliers to a
much wider audience. Maybe not to make a fortune, but clearly to run a
business. But this wider audience has different needs. They will for sure
honor latest fancy developments in DSP but their major contact with 'the
project' is the GUI. Their expectation is to have a state of the art
interface like CUSDR, VAC and virtual COM integration etc. They will
benchmark every development against Flexradio, other SDR-software, even
against IC7300 and new rigs with renewed interface/GUI.

Here is the issue. Does the core team has enough motivation to invest a lot
of time on something 'boring' like a new GUI and driver integration with the
next project already in progress? Probably not. Is Apache Labs able to
rework the business case and invest time and money in software development
for a state of the art software adaption with a focus on GUI and driver
integration? Who knows?

The only fact is that there are thousands of OMs out there, owning an ANAN
who have a strong desire to get a software like CUSDR for RX/TX up and
running soon. From my perspective, if there is no plan to provide a new GUI
there is a risk that current perception of the great HPSDR project could be
negatively influenced. The question of a discussion should be 'How' to get a
new GUI, not 'If'.

73 Michael, DG5MK

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