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drowe67 / freedv-gui

GUI Application for FreeDV – open source digital voice for HF radio
https://freedv.org/
GNU Lesser General Public License v2.1
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Add option for frequency entry in KHz instead of MHz #583

Closed tmiw closed 10 months ago

tmiw commented 1 year ago

A request was submitted via the digitalvoice mailing list to provide an option to enter frequencies in KHz instead of MHz (i.e. "14236" instead of "14.236"). This issue was created so that this request isn't lost and can be evaluated further.

tmiw commented 11 months ago

Email feedback from Rick WA6III per project feature enhancement policy:

  1. How many people want the feature? Please supply contact details for at least 3 of them.

    I cannot say. But if you ask anyone that does SW listening with either any Kiwi or WEBSDR, they might say they get pretty used to entering the frequency in kHz

  2. How will it help enhance HF Digital Voice for Amateur radio?

    "easier" frequency entry. When you talk to any amateur about what frequency they "worked" today, They almost exclusively say: I was on "1992", "7250", "14236" , "28405" etc. I have NEVER heard anyone say "I was on 7.250 today" etc I would prefer to enter the frequency like I would "say" it.

  3. Is this a feature for UHF or VHF? If so please talk to M17, rather than FreeDV.

    MF & HF only.

  4. Does the feature relate to deprecated code that will be deleted in the near future?

    I don't think so. (I don't know)

  5. Is the feature a port to a non C99 compatible compiler? We have standardized on C99.

    N/A

  6. Is the feature legal for Amateur Radio worldwide? Export Control regulations in many countries limit speech coding to a minimum of 700 bit/s and forbids encryption.

    I believe It would be legal everywhere.

  7. Your feature will take effort to implement. If the FreeDV developers work on your feature they won’t be doing other important work on the project. What help can you give in implementing/documenting/testing/supporting the feature?

    I am willing to be a beta tester and would also be willing to write instructions in it's use.

  8. It takes effort from the FreeDV developers to maintain and support features. What help can you give in maintaining/supporting/documenting the feature in the next 1-5 years?

    I should be around to help where ever I am able.

tmiw commented 10 months ago

This was approved by the PLT during our meeting yesterday. Changed tags accordingly and will work on this when time permits.