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Any SDR# (SDRSharp) Users Out There?
RobRich:
I get an occasional SDR# glitch, but I run it under Wine with Mono on Linux, so I tend to expect a few issues. It is usually connected to my Airspy HF+D via a Spy Server instance running locally on the same system.
I like SDRangel, though admittedly it would be nice to have some noise DSP filtering options integrated into the software like SDR#. I can filter the audio through an external software DSP chain if truly needed, but that is not always ideal for certain types of interference and noise.
MDK2:
In addition to what you wrote, I never liked that the settings always seemed to reset when you upgraded, and they do very frequent upgrades to SDR#. There are some very lovely things with it, but in general I use good ol' reliable HDSDR with my Discovery HF+. I set up a lot of scheduled recordings and HDSDR is far and away the greatest piece of SDR software for that. Just my 2¢.
Charlie_Dont_Surf:
--- Quote from: MDK2 on January 01, 2023, 1700 UTC ---In addition to what you wrote, I never liked that the settings always seemed to reset when you upgraded, and they do very frequent upgrades to SDR#.
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Yes. I agree on your observation. They do frequent updates (often several times per week) but most of the updates have little relevance to me. I have not observed that much freezing up - perhaps twice in 12-18 hours of use. Though I think that both times it froze was on one of my laptops which is definitely slower and "underequiped" than my desktop computer.
Speaking of updates, in case anybody cares, SDR Chile always has the latest SDR# update along with a whole mess of the plugins, all in one download package. https://sdrchile.cl/en/
mbott:
--- Quote from: Charlie_Dont_Surf on November 18, 2022, 0448 UTC ---
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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.
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Easy fix. Go to Band Plan and uncheck Auto update radio settings.
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Mike
Charlie_Dont_Surf:
--- Quote from: mbott on August 16, 2023, 0324 UTC ---
--- Quote from: Charlie_Dont_Surf on November 18, 2022, 0448 UTC ---
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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.
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Easy fix. Go to Band Plan and uncheck Auto update radio settings.
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Mike
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as I wrote above, (and highlighted in bold) that setting is not saved in NVM and you have to do that every time you run the the software. I don't have SDR# running constantly and since it does crash from time to time, it's not really my favorite feature.
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