[hpsdr] Janus & Ozy.

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John Nordlund wrote:
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> 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..
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> 73 de AD5FU
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> 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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>> Steve KA6S
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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
>>> VK6HL
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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.
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>>>> 73,
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>>>> Rob, KL7NA
>>>> On Wed, 2006-11-08 at 09:57 -0600, Cecilio Bayona 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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I saw the information on a post by Eric on the Flex reflector, and since 
he is on the TAPR board of directors, I took it as a serious possibility 
not as a rumor.
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