[hpsdr] ALEX end of month status

[Graham Haddock]

ALEX status.

The transmit-low pass filter PCB (Alpha pass) for ALEX was built and 
tested for basic
performance, then shipped to Phil VK6APH for further evaluation.  
Pictures are on the Wiki.
The PCB was damaged in shipping, and had all 17 toroid cores broken.  
Phil has replaced and
rewound all the cores, and is currently testing the board, but the 
rework delayed
things a week or two.  The filter switching and the directional couplers 
all work fine.
It looks good at 100 watts CW/SSB transmit duty cycle and will be rated 
at around 25 to
50 watts continuous carrier.

Enough small things have come up, such that there will be a Beta pass of 
the PCB.

The receiver-high pass filter PCB (Alpha pass) has completed layout and 
went out
to PCB fabrication yesterday.  First one should be built up in a few weeks.

--- Graham / KE9H

==

Don Jackson AE5K wrote:
> Hi everyone!
>
> As you no doubt know, some months ago I added the option for HPSDR 
> participants to be added to an "announce-only" list in place of 
> subscription to our HPSDR discussion list / reflector (or in addition 
> to).  I was finding that many had an interest in the project and 
> wanted to keep up with the important news and announcements, but did 
> not want the sometimes heavy traffic of the reflector.  They would 
> sign up for the reflector and then after being overwhelmed with 
> messages and detail would unsubscribe from it.
>
> The announcement list now has 141 members.  Some are also subscribed 
> to the discussion list which stands at 733 subscribers today.
>
> For the past couple months I have been sending a "ping" type 
> announcement on the 1st of the month to the announcement list to let 
> all on the list know it is still alive and they are still subscribed. 
> Usually I try to recap any info of interest.
>
> I am asking you, the project leaders or participants, to update me on 
> status today so that I can more intelligently summarize for the 
> announcement list tomorrow.  You can send directly to me or better yet 
> you can send it to the HPSDR discussion list from which I'll extract 
> the info for my monthly summary.
>
> We, as hams, are supposed to be "communicators" -- and nothing keeps a 
> project alive more than keeping interested persons informed of what is 
> happening.  Please take a few minutes to help keep project interest high!
>
> 73,
> Don AE5K
>
>