[hpsdr] Pandora

[Joe - AB1DO]

Hi Ben,

IMHO: Go for the BK-959 and work it out. Call it the Basic enclosure, or 
some such. When finalized and available etc., you can always spend time 
developing the Deluxe enclosure. If you don't watch out, you'll otherwise 
get trapped by analysis paralysis.

You're doing a fab job on the enclosure. Time to drive it home.

73 de Joe - AB1DO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ben Hall" <kd5byb at bellsouth.net>
To: "Eric Ellison" <ecellison at gmail.com>
Cc: "'G. Beat'" <gregory.beat at comcast.net>; <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 20:27
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Pandora


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>
> Good evening Eric and gang!
>
> Eric Ellison wrote:
>> 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?".
>
> Wow, that's great!  It probably would have been my next question after
> asking about the boards too.
>
> I agree about accelerating the design.  I may have an announcement
> shortly on that front, must cross a few t's and dot a few i's first.
>
> If no one has big-time objections to the BK-959, I'll suspend the search
> for other vendors which is taking up a good chunk of my design time.
>
> Thankfully, it's not taking all the design time:  spent Sunday looking
> at the Atlas .drl file extracting x/y coordinates of the mounting holes
> for the SolidWorks model and ordering connector parts for my Ozy/Janus
> bare boards to serve as fit-check/measurement sample hardware.  :)
>
>> I say go with the Ten-Tec with the blank being the 6 slots.
>
> For sure, the Ten-Tec BK-959 is the front runner:
>
> PRO's
>
> * available off the shelf
> * well-built
> * about $50 for the base case (this may drop with quantity and the
> elimination of the internal chassis pan if we go that way)
>
> CON's
>
> * must do a simple mod for grounding the clamshell top/bottom
> * is a bit small in depth for an HPSDR with 220 mm long cards and front
> panel controls
>
> I think the BK959 is the best option - everything else gets *very*
> custom and we start at $100 plus before we even talk front panels.
>
>> Then after that,
>> I feel that, even though 'blocky' the Flex-5000 enclosure looks pretty 
>> neat
>> and is vertically segmented.
>
> Not sure how I feel on the Flex-5000 enclosure.  I'll look at it and
> think about it some more...
>
> thanks and 73,
> ben, kd5byb
> -- 
> Thanks and 73,
> Ben, KD5BYB


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