[hpsdr] Pandora

[G. Beat]

> Ten-Tec is a bit small in depth for an HPSDR with 220 mm long cards and 
> front panel controls

That is a bit of an issue

The TenTec is okay, but I am not sure I would spend $50 for it
(a bit boring - or industrial) -- visual design matters -
unless you are going to bury it.

gb


----- 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 7:27 PM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Pandora


> 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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