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Any SDR# (SDRSharp) Users Out There?
Charlie_Dont_Surf:
I got a HF+ Discovery over a year ago and I have been using SDRSharp with it. SDR Sharp is not exactly my favorite. I still haven't got used to the tuning controls and I never seem to be able to predict ahead of time if I have the tuning controls set the way I need to execute the tuning action that I want.
However my biggest pet peeve is that it defaults to a mode where it makes receiving mode choices (AM/USB/LSB/NBFM) for you based upon frequency. Perhaps this is acceptable for VHF/UHF or exclusively HF ham frequencies but it is super annoying for HF if you jump around listening to a variety of different things as I do. You can disable this feature but it seems like that disable setting is not saved in NVM and when you power it on again, you have to disable it again. You can save the GUI layout for future recall but that setting is not saved or recalled as part of that save.
RobRich:
Have you tried SDRangel? I reguarly use it with my Airspy HF+D on Linux. The various modes are represented as separate "channel" decoders, and you can use multiple channels simultaneously with whatever bandwidth is provided by the selected receiver.
I build my own architecture-specific optimized builds, but there are general release builds provided for Linux, Mac, and Windows.
https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel
Quick start guide here:
https://github.com/f4exb/sdrangel/wiki/Quick-start
I sometimes use SDRSharp (under Wine) for its noise filtering options, but otherwise I often just pass the audio through a software DSP chain like EasyEffects.
If you are on Windows, I also suggest taking a look at SDR Console. Just be careful about the download links. Scroll down to the "Microsoft Dropbox Webhost" links versus the various ads.
https://www.sdr-radio.com/download
Charlie_Dont_Surf:
Whoa. I forgot that I even posted about this.
While I am grateful for the filtering in SDRSharp, the guy spends/spent a lot of time on the filtering and not enough on the GUI, IMO. Thanks for the suggestions. I will try them when I get some time.
Also, I think it is fairly telling that nobody on here is replying with a resounding defense of SDRSharp, i.e., not many people using it for HF.
ChrisSmolinski:
FWIW, I use SDR Sharp with my Discovery. I use a variety of SDR programs, as I often have several SDRs running at the same time. SdrDx, SDR Sharp, Elad FDM-SW2, SDRuno, even SDR Console now and then.
I played around with SDRangel several years ago when I got a HackRF, but have not used it since then.
vlf2hf:
I use HDSDR almost exclusively with my HF+. Imho, it has better noise blanking, uses far less cpu... in comparison to SDR#, and has a very "intuitive" interface... well designed.
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