Exactly, Jack. Using an SDR with the current user-interface is like
using a fancy Agilent spectrum analyzer as a communication receiver.
Fabulous specs and operating controls galore but not very well suited
(yet) to the task at hand - which is competitive operating focused on
copying signals.
The current UI is *way* too distracting to me - but someone who grows up
with one and has a mental model of the spectrum and operating controls
compatible with the UI wouldn't have that issue. (i.e. - I'm an Old
Phart and set in my ways.)
The SDR environment has huge potential to combine visual and audible
elements - bring it on!
73, Ward N0AX
On 5/7/2014 11:00 AM, cq-contest-request@contesting.com wrote:
So, IMHO, the primary obstacle to "adopting the technology" of SDRs in
contesting is the immaturity, or non-existence, of the human-interface and
contest-specific SDR software.
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