[hpsdr] [SPAM] Re: whoops

[ke5eup at ke5eup.com]

Hello Chris,
 How about posting a link to capture card sdr, sounds interesting.

Thanks,
Al
KE5EUP
KCARC,ARRL,TAPR,AMSAT,HPSDR




Chris Albertson wrote:
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> Just two points:
>
> 1) Your Mac will work very well for SDR.  There is plenty of
> good open source, free software that runs on Mac OS X.
>
> 2) You do not need expensive equipment to "Play SDR"
> Look up up the SoftRock40.  The kits are $10.  and
> will send data into a sound card, eve a Mac sound card.
>
> On another list I just read instructions on how to modify
> a television capture card.  These are intended to put a
> TV picture in a window on a PC but they have tunners
> and ADC chips and sell for cheap.  This guy pulled off
> some parts soldered on some coax and wrote a driver to
> import raw ADC values at something like 10Msps (8-bits)
> For a junk box SDR not bad.
>
> You can work with any budget and any kind of computer
> you want to.  Personally I think I'm going to pass on the Janus
> board.  It does not do much more then my M-Aduio Deleta
> card that I have in my PowerMac G4.  I'm waiting for a
> system that can do tens of mega-samples per second
>
>
> --- junque2 <junque2 at hughes.net> wrote:
>
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>> Hi!
>> I'm a lurker of sorts to this group, reading each message and  
>> learning more about SDR and what the various chips on the boards do, 
>>
>> how you go about designing and developing the hardward and software  
>> for such a project as hpsdr, etc.... It has really been exciting and 
>>
>> fascinating for someone as ignorant about such wonders as I have
>> been.
>> But I now find myself in a situation where I must retreat a little:  
>>
>> I had gone ahead and purchased the Janus and Ozy boards even though I
>>  
>> do not own the SDR1000.  I was hoping to purchase the SDR1000 and a  
>> PC capable of handling the software with ease.  (I mainly use Macs  
>> and my only PC is woefully inadequate for the job)  Now that the  
>> SDR1000 is to be discontinued, it looks like I will not be able to do
>>  
>> what I had planned (I was still about 6-8 months away from saving up 
>>
>> to the purchase price).  So... I have decided to back out of the SDR 
>>
>> world until a later time.  Meanwhile, the Janus and Ozy boards,  
>> already paid for, but of course, not yet delivered, will not be of  
>> much use to me as I really need to save my money for a much longer  
>> time before purchasing an SDR radio.  Does anyone out there wish to  
>> purchase a set of already built boards, to be delivered as soon as  
>> they are sent to me?  I only need my cost back out of them, and all I
>>  
>> can do at this time is promise to deliver them when they are  
>> delivered to me.  I do not need to take any money in advance, -- I  
>> only need to have a guarantee that you will purchase them when they  
>> are delivered sometime in the latter part of May, or early part of
>> June.
>> I will still lurk on this site, learning all about these wonders  
>> (which are beyond my total comprehension, but still fascinating to  
>> me) and maybe someday later, I will join the SDR group of pioneers --
>>  
>> not in the first wave of explorers, but in the second or third wave  
>> in the future. Meanwhile, I continue to support TAPR as a member and 
>>
>> have the greatest admiration for all of you so involved in the  
>> exciting design and production of this cutting edge.
>>
>> W4ISH
>> Bill
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