[hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.

[John Nordlund]

Good point!  Wild rumors don't help anyone make good decisions.  I also 
see a big budget problem with the rumored pricing, but then I never 
expected it to be too cheap.  I'll just have to skip a few lunches out 
with the club to make up the funding.  Let's see what the real bill is 
before putting our Atlas boards up on Ebay..

73 de AD5FU

Steven Wilson wrote:
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> This whole thread started out with "I've heard it's going to be in the neighborhood of $500 for the two." which is an un-attributed source.  Might I suggest we put aside the discussion until we actually hear from TAPR what they expect the cost to be.  That way we can all get excited about the real numbers!
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> Murray Lang wrote:
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>> It seems to me unrealistic to think that the boards should be much cheaper. 
>> Quality 24bit sound cards alone are quite expensive despite the advantage 
>> of mass market volumes. We could wait a few years I suppose until complete 
>> SDRs are on a chip - boring.
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>> Murray
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>> At 05:18 AM 9/11/2006, Rob Frohne 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.
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>>> 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.
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>>> 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?
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>>> 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,
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>>>>> 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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