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<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div>I am also a Linux user that keeps a Windows XP partition for one reason, PowerSDR. <br><br>As KV0S says, the key to HPSDR software development at this point is comprehensive documentation and protocol standardization. If the HPSDR project is going to be successful in the long term, we need to recruit
more software developers. Having the appropriate documentation and definitions makes that task much easier.<br><br>My vote would be for a separate server and GUI with both being cross platform. Using this architecture and the proper RPM or deb packages both elements of the software can be run on one machine and are easy to install. In my opinion the best language options are writing the server in C++, the GUI with Qt and using OpenGL for video hardware acceleration. This combination gives maximum flexibility across OS platforms, a large pool of potential programmers, lots of free software development tools and, if past experience is a good predictor of the future, an excellent end product.<br><br>Many moons ago I experimented with Cathy Moss's SDRMaxIII code using N9VV's server . With the Qt Creator IDE even I was able to make minor changes to the code and quickly recompile the executable.<br><br>A few "facts" about a well
known subject:<br><br>1) If we use HPSDR hardware ownership as a
predictor of participation, we have approximately 500 "active" members in our group. (I believe the reflector has about 800 members).<br>2) So far, about 25 HPSDR group members have made software and FPGA code contributions.<br>
3) To date, 99% of the participants are licensed amateurs.<br><br>There is a reasonably large hardware user base. The HPSDR project needs more software and FPGA code contributors. We should also attempt to recruit developers from outside the amateur radio community.<br><br>One final thought. With the assistance of TAPR and NT Electronics, the basic HPSDR hardware is in pretty good shape. We now need to focus on software.<br><br>73,<br><br>Dan N4XWE<br></div><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b></font><br></div></div>
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