On 17/8/24 5:13 am, Peter Laws via groups.io wrote:
Yeah, and more and more I get that it's not worth trying to sell M17
to folks who think it's OK to run XP on a public-facing device. :)
Yeah, I don't even have any XP boxes in service, oldest Windows in
regular use here is 10.
*I* get it (even as an #IcomFanboy/#DSTAR fan) I'm just looking for
ways to sell it to those that are not Of A Clue. And that may not be
worth it.
I take the approach of get the message out there, show people what it's
all about and invite them to jump on board.? Also keep an eye out for
the traditional objections (so many over the years have complained about
proprietary components in other DV modes, back to the early days of
D-STAR.? These people are the perfect audience, because I can say "M17
is different, it's 100% open, vocoder and all". :)
Right now, the CS7000 is a key point of interest, because now we have an
off the shelf radio that can do M17 without needing hardware
modifications.? I personally have seen the difficulty of the MD380(UV)
approach.? I'm not equipped for fine SMD work and have fine motor and
other subtle issues that make the mods very risky (for the radio) for me
to do.? CS7000 solves that problem, albeit at a (monetary) price.
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73 de Tony VK3JED/VK3IRL
