[hpsdr] whoops

[kd5nwa]

I know the cards are expensive, but I would hold on to them.

The SoftRock RxTX is now available for $32, It's not a SDR-1000 but 
it's a two band transceiver that would benefit from such a high 
quality combination as the Janus and Ozy boards. They are working on 
cards that when used with the Ozy  and Janus you will have a possibly 
better radio than the SDR-1000.

I would recommend that unless you are in dire straights for the money 
to go ahead and keep them, this is not the end of the road but it's 
instead a minor bump.


At 06:31 PM 4/6/2007, you 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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Cecil
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