[hpsdr] Pandora Update and Question

[Ben Hall]

Chris Albertson wrote:
> The problem with custom boxes is that you need a minimum
> size production run and then you have to store these some
> place while they are boxed up and shipped off to end users.
> And shipping will cost more for a box than a panel.
> It's not so bad keeping 100 PCBs in even a small apartment
> but 100 complete Pandora chassis would fill a few forklift
> pallets.  

I was hoping for a hybrid concept:  buy the thin, lightweight, easy to 
store/inventory/ship custom slotted end panel from HPSDR and buy the 
bulky yet completely off-the-shelf enclosure from Ten-Tec.

You'll have an extra, blank end panel that comes with the BK-959, but 
hopefully the money and hassle saved makes up for it?

> Publishing just the design files solves the distribution
> problem too.  Each end user could order his own panel or
> a few could do a group buy and save some money.  No one
> has to front up $6,000 for a production run either.

Thankfully, a lot of places like Front Panel Express have minimal set-up 
costs - no need to front $6k...

thanks much,
ben
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Thanks and 73,
Ben, KD5BYB


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