[hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.

[Philip Covington]

No, I am pretty sure TAPR wants to avoid doing that.  Unfortunately,
it would turn into a real nightmare of support.  TAPR would not be
able to test the board with only a few components soldered on - who
then could say whether a defective board was TAPR's fault or the
person who completed the soldering on the board?  I would suggest
either buying a completed board from TAPR or paying someone to solder
the parts that you cannot on a bare board purchased from TAPR.

Phil N8VB

On 11/8/06, Edward J White <wa3bzt at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>
> I wonder if there is anyway that a board with the chip sets on them could be
> done and the rest of the board left to be assembled? I wonder if that will
> drop the price somewhat?
> Ed
> WA3BZT
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Philip Covington
> To: frohro at wwc.edu
> Cc: hpsdr list
> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:32 PM
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.
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> 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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> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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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.
> > >
> > --
> > Rob Frohne, Ph.D., P.E.
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