[Elecraft] PSK-31 Help

[Don Wilhelm]

Joe,

I don't understand - both HRD and DM780 can be re-sized.  It is more 
practical to re-size HRD than it is for DM780 because DM780 has the 
waterfall display and the decoded text areas.  In fact, I like HRD for 
control of the K3.  Sometimes it is convenient to use the mouse or 
keyboard and other times it is nice to just use the radio controls - HRD 
follows the radio nicely.
At other times, I use HRD with PowerSDR/IF stage too, and both HDR and 
PowerSDR fit on my 22 inch widescreen display.  I do not use DM780 and 
PowerSDR at the same time.
In all cases, the Logger can run in a background window.

With other than a widescreen display, things can get a bit cramped if 
you want to see the whole of HDR along with either DM780 or PowerSDR, 
but with a widescreen, all fits nicely.

73,
Don W3FPR

Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>> 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 
>   
>