[hpsdr] Patience with HPSDR

[Kevin - M0KHZ]

Steve Ireland wrote:
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> G’day
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> It has been interesting to read some of the emails about HPSDR and the 
> possible creation of a single board alternative.
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> Being the writing partner of Phil VK6APH (we write a monthly column in 
> the RSGB’s RadCom magazine on SDR) and close friends, I get to see the 
> prototypes of HPSDR boards come together in Phil’s workshop and to 
> play with them. Having seen/heard the performance of Mercury, I 
> believe it is well worth waiting for.
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> Those brave few who have been involved in the development of the HPSDR 
> boards, firmware and software are at the top of their professions and 
> hold positions of responsibility within them. This means that whilst 
> they are the best people to develop HPSDR, there are lots of other 
> calls on their time which have to take precedence.
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> As Phil VK6APH has said, he would like to see a single board HPSDR one 
> day, but the building block approach suits the level of 
> experimentation that needs to take place right now. It also suits the 
> amount of time that the developers like Phil are able to put in – one 
> technical issue/SDR facet can be dealt with at a time, in a thorough 
> manner.
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> At present, we could see Penelope boards before we see ones for 
> Mercury, because the ’human resources’ necessary to complete the 
> development of the former are available right now, but in the case of 
> the latter, perhaps not for several weeks. This is just one of those 
> things, as after all, we might be obsessive about HPSDR but it is 
> still a hobby and something that is done in whatever spare time is 
> available.
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> Whilst some may be frustrated about the progress of HPSDR, as someone 
> who has spent a lot of their career writing about technological 
> developments (and some considerable time working in research and 
> development departments upon them) my belief is that even the biggest 
> electronic company wouldn’t have made half the progress on HPSDR that 
> the small development team has made so far in their spare time. Also, 
> monitoring what is appearing on the commercial SDR market, it looks to 
> me as though HPSDR is still well ahead of the game.
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> Let’s bear this in mind when we get a bit impatient about the progress 
> of HPSDR. This is probably the biggest and best cooperative technical 
> development to ever take place in amateur radio.
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> Vy 73
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> Steve, VK6VZ
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I second Steve's statements on this matter.
Kevin

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