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[Eric Ellison]

Bill

I'm with Cecil. I would hold on to the cards if you remain interested. There
have been many SDR-1000's manufactured, and with the Flex-5000 series coming
along I would say that in the future you will find folks selling them and
upgrading to the newer model. There have always been one or 2 for sale,
within the FR group, and also they occasionally come up on e-bay. As Lyle
and Phil have mentioned there are other QSD/QSE boards being designed, and
also other possible amateur commercial offerings which use this method. 

Actually, in the future it might be much harder to get the Janus/Ozy boards,
since they are a limited production, and there may never be another run of
these cards. At any rate they will be more expensive on future runs.

Ozy will be in use for almost all projects on the immediate horizon,
involving Atlas based boards. It is also a great general purpose FPGA
development system with free programming software and plenty of I/O and LEDS
for hacking away at code and learning. As Phil mentioned in an earlier
message, Ozy can be powered directly from the USB port on a PC and can be
used immediately for learning about these impressive FPGA chips which are
making these 'programmable' radio projects possible.

The Penelope alpha team has just gotten approval from TAPR for funding
Penelope alpha, and I don't think Mercury is too far behind. Looking at the
specs from the breadboards, for this combo shows that it will probably be
the worlds best transceiver, spectrum analyzer, o'scope, signal generator,
and just plain FUN!

Coupling Janus/Ozy with SDR-1000 was not the end design goal of this project
as 'plug and play'. Perhaps it did provide an 'initial' spark. The 'fire is
lit for all these impressive projects, and the future is now. If you are
interested in the development without the immediate goal of pumping out 100
w on 40 meters, you have come to the right place! Hold on to your boards.

Thanks
Eric
 

   



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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