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I agree with the cautious approach to the release of a major feature change;

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You already know who in this crowd is going to give you useful feedback; No doubt there is a scale in your mind of where most of us stand for the quality of data that is being returned to guide your efforts. Work with those people (a half dozen or so) and give clear guidelines on what sort of feedback you need.

Right now you are not looking for a Christmas wish-list of additional features. You probably want things that reveal how the firmware behaves across radios that you didn't necessarily build with your own two hands. The feedback you need should (for now) be returned privately to you so you can sort and prioritize on that.

Then do take that week away from it all; Make it clear that this is not a race where the first to respond is going to earn a cookie or sweet. You need well documented, logically constructed feedback that can point you to problems that may be major issues (equipment-damaging type effects, emissions standards, quality of the audio).

Most certainly you will get a half-dozen things that pop up from that list. Give it a week to simmer and then another week or so to do your fixes. Then do a wider release that is still 'alpha'.

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Of course there are going to be complaints that others aren't included in this group.

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I worked for 40 years in (radio) engineering, product development and testing. Maybe others are willing to fly by the seat of their pants but it can irrevocably taint the perception of any product to have a catastrophic feature update.

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(I have no desire or intention to be part of any alpha release so this is not me trying to get my name in the hat).

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Tisha Hayes

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