DSD+FL Lost Control Channel

[blantonl]

I've examined the behavior of my admins here and I don't see any issues here Dave, sorry bud.

 

[Quickcall]

At least somebody here was able to make a useful suggestion without a personal attack. I really think Lindsey should re-examine the behavior of his DB Admins.

Bro, read the room...

 

[saioke]

That is a possibility. I mainly use a quad-core notebook for DSDPlus.

Definitely sounds like a slow PC issue more than anything. The amount of cores on a CPU doesn't mean much depending on how old it is, and notebook CPUs are notoriously worse than any quad core you'd find in a desktop. Not only do they typically run at lower clock speeds, but they can even throttle depending on the battery or heat generation of the system, making it run even slower. Running DSD+ on a relatively modern laptop shouldn't be too awful though, as long as it isn't a Celeron, Atom, AMD E-series, etc. The best thing you can do is enable Extra CPU Loading in DSD+ by hitting e on the keyboard if it isn't already. If that doesn't work, a new system would be wise, but be aware of what you purchase. A modern system doesn't automatically mean it's a usable one.

Also I can't confirm it, but using DSD+ on a busy simulcast system likely uses even more system resources than usual. There's no simulcast in my area to confirm, but DSD+ never gave me any scanning issues. It actually decodes way better than my Whistler 1065. I don't even use that Whistler anymore, it's become a joke.

My only complaint about DSD+ is the audio quality. But, speech is often still recognizable. It really cuts down on the amount of SDRs I'd need if I wanted to use SDRTrunk or something, so I'm okay with that.