[Elecraft] PSK-31 Help

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> As a graphic designer, I agree that the default Graphical User  
> Interface in Digital Master 780 is a disaster.  I think someone told  
> me that Simon is color blind and the GUI looks like it.  This was  
> enough to keep me from using it for a year or so. 

My problem with HRD/DM-780 isn't so much the graphical interface, 
as its resource consumption.  HRD tries to be all things to all 
users ... the rig control and logging interface take up the entire
screen as does DM-780.  On top of that, HRD polls the transceiver 
for so much data so rapidly that the serial interface is used to 
nearly 100% even at high data rates.  

I agree with other recommendations to look at fldigi - particularly 
for PSK31 and other "esoteric" data modes.  Fldigi will not allow 
the user to run two copies - one of the left and one on the right 
audio channels - for listening to both the main and sub receiver 
at the same time (unlike MMTTY or MMVAR) but that's the only issue 
I have with it.  

73, 

   ... Joe, W4TV 
 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Eric Fitzgerald
> Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 8:22 AM
> To: Julian, G4ILO
> Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] PSK-31 Help
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 2, 2010, at 1:56 AM, Julian, G4ILO wrote:
> 
> >
> > Hi Ron.
> >
> > It looks as if your reasons for not liking HRD are the same 
> as mine. I 
> > wouldn't recommend MultiPSK. It does support a great many modes but
> > it has
> > the user interface from hell and I can't bear even looking at it.
> 
> As a graphic designer, I agree that the default Graphical User  
> Interface in Digital Master 780 is a disaster.  I think someone told  
> me that Simon is color blind and the GUI looks like it.  This was  
> enough to keep me from using it for a year or so.  However I 
> saw some  
> screen shots from people who had customized the GUI and was 
> intrigued  
> enough to give HRD+DM780 another try.  I am *very* glad I 
> did.  After  
> a few weeks of tweaking I got the interface to where I really like  
> it.  The program is blessed with a wealth of user control over the   
> GUI.  Once I started using DM 780 I found the application is 
> *deep* —  
> very deep.  I have really come to love the application and cannot  
> imagine going back to MixW or Digipan.
> 
> Another country heard from.
> 
> 73 de Eric, KG6MZS 
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