Software bundled with SDRs suffer from the need to satisfy
customers with a wide variety of preferences. Special functions or needs are
not catered for however, and will usually be subject to third-party developers.
DX-ers with special requirements will either have to know how to develop these
solutions themselves, or have to rely on developers who understand what they’re
after.
The Perseus SDR soon had quite a variety of third-party
applications, albeit of varying quality, serving special needs. Some are
shareware/freeware, some are restricted («teamware»). There has been very
little development going on for the G33DDC.
One reason is probably that (at least in Europe) the Perseus is used by
a lot more MW DX-ers, so the focus has been on that radio.
Typical for bundled SDR software is the lack of focus on
recording and playback of ddc files. The G33DDC software fares a lot better
than Perseus with regards to live and scheduled recording. The playback
function however fails to recognize 1) the DX potential of extended recording
sessions, and 2) how extremely time consuming playback of many ddc recordings
is.
My objective is to find out if it is possible to make a
basic ddc playback application where ddc files can be checked at a much higher
rate than the G33DDC software allows. This is indeed possible, I am using this
approach today. I’d like to know if anyone here share the same objective, and
have the necessary programming skills to cooperate with me. I am very much
aware of what this application should do.
Contact info: bjarne.mjelde at gmail.com
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