[hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.

[Philip Covington]

I think TAPR intends to sell bare boards as well as assembled boards.
Otherwise a group buy of bare boards and parts could be organized for
those who wish to build their own.

Phil N8VB

On 11/8/06, Rob Frohne <frohro at wwc.edu> wrote:
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> Woh!  I hope you are not correct with that $500 estimate.  I also hope
> there are bare boards available for those of us who prefer to build our
> own.  $500 is way out of my price range.
>
> With samples, I expect it should be more like $100 if  you build your
> own.  I don't have a good idea of what it would be without samples
> though.
>
> Using a temperature controlled toaster oven, it is pretty fast to build
> these boards, and the solder connections are so much better than
> anything I can do by hand.  Here I have the capability to make solder
> stencils as well.  I could make a few of them, and then builders could
> use them to put the solder paste on, and then mail them to the next guy
> on the list who would do the same.  All the folks would need to have
> their parts all on hand when they do the solder paste application,
> because the paste doesn't stay nice for too long after you apply it.
> (You need to bake it the same day.)  My assembly language class project
> this quarter is to make temperature controllers for the cheap toasters
> found in WalMart to use them for soldering.  The total parts cost is
> around $100 for those.  Wouldn't it be more fun to build your own
> toaster oven soldering station, and then build your Janus and Ozy boards
> with it than to purchase Janus and Ozy already built already by TAPR or
> whoever?
>
> I noted that the original Atlas boards that were distributed by
> volunteers were much cheaper than the ones from TAPR.  I guess we are
> now paying for the packing and kitting hassles by going to TAPR.
>
> 73,
>
> Rob, KL7NA
> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:57 -0600, Cecilio Bayona wrote:
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> > jeffrie cook wrote:
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> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > I have Atlas and Pinocchio at the ready, and understand from looking at
> > > WiKi that Janus and Ozy will be ready during the first quarter of 2007,
> > > but haven't been able to find any estimate of price for those two
> > > assemblies, has anybody any idea.  Rather relieved that they will only
> > > be available as completed assemblies.  Great stuff and thanks from Jeff
> > > Cook G0AFQ.
> > >
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> > I've heard it's going to be in the neighborhood of $500 for the two. I
> > hope not, that is so far away from the initial goal of this group.
> >
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