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by dsalomon » Sat Oct 24, 2015 12:50 pm
Perhaps we, the SDRPlay user community, could send Youssef a nicely worded email asking him to allow SDRPlay to fully access the software. Maybe via Yahoo Group poll? Maybe something like this:
Youssef,
The users of SDRPlay would like to be able to use the full feature set of your SDR# software on our SDRPlay hardware. We do understand that SDRPlay is a competitor. However, many of us have Airspys as well (I know I do, and am also waiting for my upgraded unit from Airspy.US). Many SDR users like to "play" with different hardware and software. I've found that there are only two really good software packages in the SDR software world: yours and SDR Console. I would really like to see support of the EXTIO interface brought back into SDR#, supporting the full feature set and capabilities of the software. These days, SDR hardware is less important than SDR software, as it's the software that really enables the features and functions from the IQ data provided by the hardware. Your SDR# is superb. and the plugin interface is something no one else has done, which makes it stand out well above the others. It would really be a shame to keep it locked down to a very limited hardware set. I, for one, don't mind paying a reasonable fee for good software, and that includes yours. So, if you will not consider allowing other hardware vendors free access to all features of SDR#, perhaps you would consider allowing this access, but with a fee-based structure (i.e. some advanced features remain locked until a license is purchased and entered into the software).
OK, SDRPlay group, I know many of you won't like what I'm suggesting here (pay to play). However, SDR# really is a fantastic software application. There is no other really good SDR software that has the plugin capability and, even more importantly, has some very, very well done plugins that greatly extend the features and value of the software. It's his software, so he can make whatever rules he wants. He appears to want to use it as a mechanism to generate sales of Airspys which, BTW, is good hardware as well. So, if we can't coerce him to allow access to competing vendors, maybe he'll loosen up if he sees it as a money generating opportunity.
I can always send him a note, like the above, via the SDR# Yahoo Group just from me - one individual asking. However, it would carry more weight if it came from the SDRPlay user community.
Feedback? Thoughts? Suggestions?
Best - David, AG4F
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