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Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just checking whether everything is Ok with Hans. I know he wants to keep the software private to avoid Chinese clones, but I can’t help thinking that if it were all available on GitHub, many Han(d)s would have been working on in the last few months.
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It is the holidays, not quite new 'ears. Maybe he is spending time with his family.
I doubt that you are going to see him turn over his software development and put it on GitHub. That would be sudden-death for QRPLabs and there would be hundreds of cheap clones hitting the market. Then there would be 'compromises' to maintain compatibility with the cheap clones and Hans would need to bow to the pressures of the new (non customers) and their clones.
He has proven to be more than capable in his development work; Too many hands in the kitchen would be a distraction.
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Tisha Hayes
AA4HA
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On a recent Ham Radio Workbench episode, this concept was discussed. The idea of making software open-source is an ideal, but impossible to then maintain the cheap knock-offs that get created.
After all, we spend a couple hundred bucks and a day or two of our time to get the kits assembled from QRP Labs. Hans, on the other hand, has spend years, untold late nights, and likely tens of thousands on R&D. His efforts and intellectual property are not ours.
I sure hope he’s getting rested. Imagine what he can do with a clear head in the new year!
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I would think that Hans and his wife are pretty busy around Christmas time with 2 small kids soaking up the wonderment of the season. Hats off to you and enjoy your family.
73 Kees K5BCQ
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On Sun, Dec 29, 2024 at 04:54 PM, Tony Abbey wrote:
I can’t help thinking that if it were all available on GitHub, many Han(d)s would have been working on in the last few months.
Hans's business would have been devastated by then, by cheap clones using his stolen IP.
We should extend him the courtesy, of setting his own work schedules, and meanwhile enjoy the fine radios he provides.
Nothing is more distracting/irritating than being repeatedly asked, "Is it done yet?" while you are elbows-deep in a project or ten.
73, Don N2VGU
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Tony Abbey wrote: Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just
checking whether everything is Ok with Hans. Give the man a break. It's the holidays. He has a family. I know he wants to keep the software private to
avoid Chinese clones, but I can't help thinking
that if it were all available on GitHub, many
Han(d)s would have been working on in the last
few months. As it happens, another independently-developed radio does have open-sourced code, yet it has attracted very few developers, and resolving an issue with a key operating mode has taken many months. (I have the *highest* admiration for the designer of that radio and the developers of its software. Just pointing out that open-sourced code does not guarantee that specific features will be developed or specific bugs will be fixed, nor that such activity will be any faster than what Hans delivers.)
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Make that 3 small kids, I lost count. They are only young once. Family first. Enjoy
73 Kees K5BCQ
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Could it be that the hardware and software are lacking?
Tony Abbey wrote:
> Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just
> checking whether everything is Ok with Hans.
Give the man a break. It's the holidays. He has a family.
> I know he wants to keep the software private to
> avoid Chinese clones, but I can't help thinking
> that if it were all available on GitHub, many
> Han(d)s would have been working on in the last
> few months.
As it happens, another independently-developed radio does have open-sourced code, yet it has attracted very few developers, and resolving an issue with a key operating mode has taken many months. (I have the *highest* admiration for the designer of that radio and the developers of its software. Just pointing out that open-sourced code does not guarantee that specific features will be developed or specific bugs will be fixed, nor that such activity will be any faster than what Hans delivers.)
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-- Dale Hardin
KS4NS
Elberta, AL
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Could it be that the hardware and software are lacking?
Tony Abbey wrote:
> Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just
> checking whether everything is Ok with Hans.
Give the man a break. It's the holidays. He has a family.
> I know he wants to keep the software private to
> avoid Chinese clones, but I can't help thinking
> that if it were all available on GitHub, many
> Han(d)s would have been working on in the last
> few months.
As it happens, another independently-developed radio does have open-sourced code, yet it has attracted very few developers, and resolving an issue with a key operating mode has taken many months. (I have the *highest* admiration for the designer of that radio and the developers of its software. Just pointing out that open-sourced code does not guarantee that specific features will be developed or specific bugs will be fixed, nor that such activity will be any faster than what Hans delivers.)
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Dale Hardin
KS4NS
Elberta, AL
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FYI, I was responding to N9NL's comment about the unknown project.
Could it be that the hardware and software are lacking?
Tony Abbey wrote:
> Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just
> checking whether everything is Ok with Hans.
Give the man a break. It's the holidays. He has a family.
> I know he wants to keep the software private to
> avoid Chinese clones, but I can't help thinking
> that if it were all available on GitHub, many
> Han(d)s would have been working on in the last
> few months.
As it happens, another independently-developed radio does have open-sourced code, yet it has attracted very few developers, and resolving an issue with a key operating mode has taken many months. (I have the *highest* admiration for the designer of that radio and the developers of its software. Just pointing out that open-sourced code does not guarantee that specific features will be developed or specific bugs will be fixed, nor that such activity will be any faster than what Hans delivers.)
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-- Dale Hardin
KS4NS
Elberta, AL
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It wasn't obvious. No harm no foul.
FYI, I was responding to N9NL's comment about the unknown project.
Could it be that the hardware and software are lacking?
Tony Abbey wrote:
> Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just
> checking whether everything is Ok with Hans.
Give the man a break. It's the holidays. He has a family.
> I know he wants to keep the software private to
> avoid Chinese clones, but I can't help thinking
> that if it were all available on GitHub, many
> Han(d)s would have been working on in the last
> few months.
As it happens, another independently-developed radio does have open-sourced code, yet it has attracted very few developers, and resolving an issue with a key operating mode has taken many months. (I have the *highest* admiration for the designer of that radio and the developers of its software. Just pointing out that open-sourced code does not guarantee that specific features will be developed or specific bugs will be fixed, nor that such activity will be any faster than what Hans delivers.)
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Dale Hardin
KS4NS
Elberta, AL
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Tony
Progress at qrp labs has been amazing. Glad that Hans has been scarce for his sake. The advance you may be asking about is deep science. So don't expect speed.
Enjoy whatever qrp labs hardware you have. Just connected up 80m qcx plus and it's PA at a new qth. Yes quite a hop to a qmx.
Curt
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Hi all
Thanks, all is OK here. Everything is very quiet on QMX updates. Just checking whether everything is Ok with Hans.
I'm fine. Some seasonal distractions. And the LFB (youngest junior lab tech, age 4) has pneumonia which is not much fun, but he is recovering fine. I got a cold now too (most probably caught from him) but hoping to avoid following him on the pneumonia route which is even less fun in adults (don't ask me how I know).
Aside from that, I am frustrated that my productivity on the R&D front has been very low over the last month or so. A big part of that has been that we had run out of a lot of different kits all at the same time and organizing component procurement, PCB manufacture, PCB assembly, etc., is all a rather large job that ends up being very time consuming. Micrometals ran out of T37-6 and ao I had to buy -10 instead, which is largely a good substitute but for a few turns difference, which means now I have to update all the documentation (QDX, QMX, QMX+). More time. And as TNT/FedEx have been seasonally busy this multiplies my troubles with them since their number of mistakes escalates and responsiveness to fixing them plummets. Somehow DHL Express don't suffer from these issues :-/ I know he wants to keep the software private to avoid Chinese clones, but I can’t help thinking that if it were all available on GitHub, many Han(d)s would have been working on in the last few months.
Yes and no. Aside from the problem with clones (which don't necessarily end up being Chinese; as I have mentioned previously, over the years QRP Labs had three cloning "experiences" of which only one was Chinese); OpenSource sounds like a wonderful thing with many hands working on the problem. However all too often the many hands are of varying capabilities and experience, wishes, consistency, and all pull in different directions or stop pulling at crucial moments, etc etc. I don't think it's a golden bullet. It probably requires more time to manage the disparate rabble than it requires to do it yourself...
Anyway - hoping to get there soon - the SSB thing as I mentioned before, was all completed in various different standalone hacked up bits of firmware, and CESSB too, and now it is just a matter of putting it all together in a cohesive bug-free firmware release.
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Thank you Hans for your comprehensive reply. I dabble in hardware and software (and don't have children) and can't imagine what it must be like to try to run a business, family and develop very complex hardware/software systems. I worked in spacecraft electronics before retirement, and the work was very much divided up between experts. I hope you have some intellectual support as well as business support.
Have a happy new year.
best 73s
Tony
G3OVH
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Hans,
Hope you and the LFB get well soon! There's a lot of pneumonia going around here too, so take care. Hope you have a happy and prosperous new year.
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73, Dan - W2DLC
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