[hpsdr] Pandora

[ke5eup at ke5eup.com]

I second the motion for moving ahead with the Ten-Tec. I will put my 
name on the interest list as soon as it is up. I would love to have an 
enclosure to take out and put before the crowd during field day. :-)

Thanks,
Al
KE5EUP
KCARC,ARRL,TAPR,AMSAT,HPSDR
ARRL WTX ARES EC Callahan County
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Eric Ellison wrote:
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> Ben
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> All's I know is we need to accelerate Pandora. She got a chuckle when Lyle
> presented HPSDR at the SDR forum on Saturday, but SERIOUS interest at the
> TAPR booth which Phil and I and Scotty and Steve and others manned at
> Dayton. It is remarkable that after getting, and answering, so many
> technical questions at the booth, about J/O, Pen, and Merc, the VERY next
> question is "Do you have a Case?".
>
> I say go with the Ten-Tec with the blank being the 6 slots. Then after that,
> I feel that, even though 'blocky' the Flex-5000 enclosure looks pretty neat
> and is vertically segmented. 
>
> My 2 cents.
>
> Eric - AA4SW
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: hpsdr-bounces at hpsdr.org [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of
> Ben Hall
> Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:36 PM
> To: G. Beat
> Cc: hpsdr at hpsdr.org
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Pandora
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> Good evening Greg and gang!
>
> G. Beat wrote:
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>> Is the $50 or less price target for an enclosure -- really realistic?
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> It may or may not be - the $50 target is exactly that: a target.  If we 
> can design something for less than $50, I think everyone here would be 
> ecstatic.  If the cost grows to $75, I don't think many folks here would 
> have a problem as long as the box has good quality.
>
> But I think when you start looking at spending $100 or more for case, 
> some folks (like me!) will have to balance spending $100 on a case 
> versus putting that same $100 towards the next HPSDR board.
>
> So, I'd like to stay near the $50 mark, but won't worry too much if that 
> grows to $75.
>
>   
>> Computer cases imported from Far East run from $50 to $150 USD,
>> many without the power supply (ATX).
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> Absolutely true - especially if you want reasonable quality.  Yet, it's 
> possible for the Pandora enclosure to be far less complicated than a PC 
> case and be less expensive: We don't need racks for drives, mounting 
> brackets for fans, multiple tapped holes for ATX/miniATX/BTX 
> motherboards, etc...
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