smart sdr version 3

Pat N6PAT

I'm not going to continue this discussion any longer.

Until Flex extends me the courtesy of answering my very simple question I will not buy any more releases.

It's very sad because I am probably the most vocal supporter of Flex on QRZ.

Mike VE3CKO

DonS

Well said - Bravo.

Don -  kx9q

Ernest

I could not say it better than  Mike - VE3CKO, 
Just one question? Are the "Limited Edition" originally purchased and register, are they entitle to received upgrade v3.x.x. If NOT; let us know if you are accepting payment for the upgrade to v3 at this time.
The "SmartSDR Technology Roadmap" published in January 2014 shows only up to v2.x (WAN Remote)

DonS

I have a "Limited Edition" and that was only covered to an upgrade to V2.  I am guessing Flex will not take pre-orders for software but I may be wrong.

Don

VK7WH Winston

Well said Mike. Winston

Don Stefanik

iF i CAN AFFORD IT i DO IT.

Burt Fisher

Burt Fisher

EA4GLI et.al. can the Flex operate on a WAN with reasonable latency?

EA4GLI

Frs might be in a better position to answer that. I don't feel like critical opinions will be well received any longer in this forum so I refrain from answering anything beyond my personal experience in "my own little world", in which latency is an issue with remote operation through Smartlink.

Lasse Moell

Bill -VA3WTB

Salvador, if a person wishes to speak criticaly it is best to relate things from personal experience, instesd of, I heard this or that,,so that is what my opinion is also. And it is good to make sure we have as much information as we can before commenting?

Perhaps mixing in some praise with a critical comment? If a person was to look back over the year at their own comments and record them, what would the average be. More critical, or praise?

Burt, I use remote sometimes and i find it very good, this is an area Flex is a leader in. Many use remote only. But then again it depends on your connection with the network.

Greg SP7QJF

Bill -VA3WTB

How can that be done Burt? If there are over a 1000 bugs spread out over 4 updates? What you are asking for is that they freez all  feature work for a year and complete none critical bugs.

Bill -VA3WTB

V1 one is feature frozon, but they still fix critical bugs.

Burt Fisher

I no longer can hear my recordings on air if I record a CQ after the last update. I should have to pay to get it back.

Burt Fisher

You shouldn't have to pay for a fix.

Mike-VA3MW

EA4GLI

Thank you Mike. I will open a different thread. I have done so many time on other subjects and I have had very limited success, so I do not "trust" it will get me anywhere besides receiving the typical share of posts criticizing my post instead of providing insight to the content itself. Maybe this time around it will be different....

Greg SP7QJF

Chris DL5NAM

Bill your a employee of FRS or as next FRS Elmer ? 

Burt Fisher

I tried using a WAN twice, first time  I barely could hold a contact second time latency was barely good enough for receive so what are the experiences of others?

Matt (K0KB)

Burt,  The experience here is great.  The latency isn't noticeable and the result is that I operate just like I'm at home.  I've done it from a multitude of devices, locations and connections and my home internet is nothing to scream about being several hops on a WISP to get internet with a max upload of 5mbit that is spotty.

Only problem I've had that I've posted about is that IMO they should do something to improve availability.  There should be absolutely ZERO down time for the service.  The entire thing needs to be cloud hosted with multiple failovers.

[Deleted User]

Getting a little rough here aren't we.

EA4GLI

This is Smartlink



And below same connection same network same radio but on VPN

Al_NN4ZZ

Mike-VA3MW

Just a few more thoughts.

Mike va3wtb is not employed by Flex but has been honoured by Flex for his help and support of the Flex products.  He is very knowledgable in the Flex product set and more.

As for remote, SmartLink, today I just drove across Toronto (11 million people here) and was on HF the entire way with my 1mb/sec upload at my remote.  It was on my iPhone and an on and off again LTE connection.  In 45 minutes, I had 2 slight drop outs in areas that are very high traffic, but for the most part it was rock solid.

Streaming HF and the white random noise we hear on HF is bandwidth intensive.  You can't really compress it like Video or even a telephone call.  If it was FM, that would be a different story.  Heck, AM might be more efficient on bandwidth, but I have never tried it. 

As many have said on various threads here, WiFi is a party line and expect it to work perfectly is difficult due to the 802.11 spec.  

Just a reminder, this is a technical hobby and things at times do require digging under the covers at times.  That is what makes these forums very helpful.

Mike va3mw

Pat N6PAT

LOL!!

Pat N6PAT

Bill -VA3WTB

To help you in the future I will try to name the source of my comments. I have also made it clear that when something is my own opinion I say so.

Any of the info I mention in my comments can be found here on the forum if people would care to look for it.