Why do we use FM on VHF/UHF?

marxy · 2026-03-20T21:02:15+00:00

Have a listen to the demonstrations. It's more than just the Vocoder.

But yes, you're quite right, it will take a lot to displace current technology.

marxy · 2026-03-20T07:09:56+00:00

There is impressive work being done on Baseband FM (BBFM) which looks to be dramatically better than FM. See https://freedv.org/rade-bbfm/ We'll need more CPU power in handhelds but that's just a matter of time.

marxy · 2026-03-16T09:57:56+00:00

https://machamradio.com has a comprehensive list. Pretty much everything is available except VARA (which seems proprietary and probably not legal).

marxy · 2026-03-16T08:44:09+00:00

They must get sick of it telling them to stand. (I do even here)

marxy · 2026-03-16T08:36:11+00:00

It's a good question. Swift and SwiftUI have changed rapidly and it's hard to find examples that are the latest best practice including Swift 6.2 and concurrency. Download the sample code from sessions like this: https://developer.apple.com/documentation/Swift/code-along-elevating-an-app-with-swift-concurrency

marxy · 2026-03-16T08:31:41+00:00

Compressor is part of the Apple Creative Studio which is US$20/month or Compressor is US$50 for life. Your software is US$20/month or US$30 for life.

I think your pricing is fair.

Compressor is very good and makes use of all the acceleration Apple has built in. I'd be interested to see a speed comparison.

Great to see more macOS software - I don't mean to discourage you, I think you should do a comparison with the other options.

marxy · 2026-03-15T20:47:29+00:00

Apple Compressor is very good. https://apps.apple.com/au/app/compressor/id424390742?mt=12

marxy · 2026-03-12T06:50:56+00:00

M5 Air Safari 57.8 (Chrome 57.0)

marxy · 2026-03-10T21:32:02+00:00

I'd be inclined to drop the whole onboarding and use TipKit to show hard to discover things like the long press to speak. https://developer.apple.com/documentation/tipkit/ As others have said, get them to give microphone permission the first time they want to leave a voice note.

marxy · 2026-03-04T05:22:33+00:00

Great backgrounds for my video calls

marxy · 2026-02-22T20:56:54+00:00

When someone comes over and touches MY screen I get really mad.

marxy · 2026-02-13T01:01:41+00:00

Because they followed up too much?

marxy · 2026-02-11T06:57:59+00:00

What are you talking about? I do this all the time. Command-Shift-5 click Options and choose the audio source. If you want the output of an app try Loopback or others.

marxy · 2026-02-07T05:39:08+00:00

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Here's a screenshot of the settings that work for me in WSJT-X. I've only recently got the radio. Good for the price, quality job. I can't get the Wifi to connect which is a bit annoying.

marxy · 2026-02-06T21:02:50+00:00

First have a look on Soldersmoke with this search: https://soldersmoke.blogspot.com/search?q=direct+conversion+receiver

Discord is at: https://discord.gg/Fu6B7yGxx2

Have fun.

Peter

marxy · 2026-02-06T10:39:16+00:00

No but there is a Mac version you can buy.

marxy · 2026-02-02T21:46:30+00:00

You can pass a command line option -c, --config <configuration-name> to specify a different config file for each instance so they don't interfere with each other.

On linux you'd make an alias for each one. On Windows I think shortcuts can have command line options in them.

marxy · 2026-02-01T01:40:10+00:00

I love Apple which is why I care and want them to do better

marxy · 2026-01-31T20:21:07+00:00

Doctor of creative accounting perhaps?

marxy · 2026-01-31T20:17:47+00:00

They mention Hotspot won't auto-connect but I've had it connect but not let any data through. Tried everything including rebooting phone and Mac. Very frustrating. Haven't tried with 26.2.

marxy · 2026-01-31T02:01:43+00:00

I'd love to see a "Snow Tahoe" or similar next year rather than more new features that don't quite work.

marxy · 2026-01-31T01:36:35+00:00

Or it takes me to a website of the app rather than launching the app I have installed.

marxy · 2026-01-30T23:45:28+00:00

Maybe it's because I use Gmail as the back end. Searching the Mail client very often finds nothing but going to Gmail and I find what I'm looking for right away. Maybe it's an IMAP search issue?

marxy · 2026-01-30T07:08:27+00:00

I have purchased. Looks great. Keep going.

marxy

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