Reviews from SmartSDR Early Access Subscribers

Trucker

According to Michael Walker, the Early Access subscription has been quite successful. What surprises me, is that there are very few, if any, posts from Early Access subscribers, giving their opinions of the new features available to them. ( and that SmartSDR Plus users will gain access to on the 30th of this month)
I know that some 6000 series owners who have Early Access, have been disappointed in that the number of new features for their radios isn't near as much as those for 8000 series owners. And that what they do have available to them doesn't work as well as they did in version 3.x of SmartSDR.So, where are the posts from 8000 series owners talking about how great the new features that are exclusive to 8000 and eventually the Aurora radios, that detail how well those new features work or don't work for them?
Plus, I have only found one YouTube video trying to cover the new features. Unfortunately, the audio was not very clear for me and to be quite honest, the constant movement of the mouse pointer all over the screen was distracting to me. But, at least he tried to provide a review of the new features.
I also am somewhat surprised that Flex Radio hasn't created a set of videos on their YouTube channel detailing the new features and explaining which radios they will work for. That, and good demonstrations of the features actually working.
I think something like that would only help Flex Radio sales. And at the same time, let current users and prospective customers know what they can expect from a new ( or used) Flex Radio.So, come on Flex Radio users ( all models) post some reviews! And Flex Radio, put together some good, clear and understandable videos of the new features in actual use.
James
WD5GWY

Al_NN4ZZ

James wtote:

So, come on Flex Radio users ( all models) post some reviews! And Flex Radio, put together some good, clear and understandable videos of the new features in actual use.

From a CW operators standpoint, there is really just one new feature in V4.x -- AutoTune. I have posted about it and hoped we would see some positive feedback but so far I haven't seen any. Actual use videos would be great but nothing yet either. One reason is there may not be many of the Early Access users that are also CW users.

I have posted here on the community suggesting a "closest signal" option for the AutoTune feature. A few people have agreed it would be a better choice but no feedback from the FRS team.

Since there have been some CW issues reported in V4.x and no feedback on AutoTune or my suggestion, it will be a wait and see for now. But I hope we get some feedback when the SSDR+ folks get the new AutoTune feature in a few weeks.

Regards, Al / NN4ZZ

al (at) nn4zz (dot) com

6600 SSDR V3.9.18

TGXL 1.2.17

PGXL 3.8.9

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