[hpsdr] HPSDR Projects

[Dan Babcock]

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From: Philip Covington <p.covington at gmail.com>
To: Don AE5K <don at ae5k.us>
Cc: HPSDR discussion list <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
Sent: Monday, December 8, 2008 10:59:26 AM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] HPSDR Projects

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On Mon, Dec 8, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Don AE5K <don at ae5k.us> wrote:
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> Dave Larsen wrote:
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>> I  may have veered from established protocol by making this information

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Hi Don,

I am not proposing any formal protocol other than announcing the
project on the HPSDR list.  People on the list then can make comments
instead of feeling that these decisions are made in private (or by a
small group of people on TeamSpeak) and not in the open where 800+
people are subscribed.   Otherwise, hard feelings develop like with
Mercury_EU.

Phil N8VB
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Hello Everyone,

From
my observations the idea that the LPU was somehow concocted in a back
alley without notice isn't quite correct.  Toward the end of October,
Scotty announced the LPU project on the hpsdr list and invited feed
back.  There were exactly two postings on the list in reply to his
original announcement.  I don't know for sure but he may have received
additional comments in private emails.  Whatever, it seems like the
problem is apathy and not exclusion.

In my mind the involvement
of TAPR in the HPSDR project has been a godsend.  The upfront cost for
doing a project like Penelope or Mercury is about a hundred thousand
dollars.  Even though the purchasers defray that initial cash outlay,
the risk to TAPR as the guarantor is not insignificant.  It is clearly
the prerogative of the TAPR Board of Directors to support or not
support any project they choose.

The
Saturday 0200Z meetings of FlexRadio Friends on TeamSpeak aren't
private, they are open to anyone that has a PC, an internet connection
and, if you want to comment, a microphone.  Granted it isn't held at a
convenient time for most Europeans but that is due to the fact that we
live on a sphere that is divided into 24 time zones.  If you can't make
it to a session, the recordings are posted through the good graces of
Mike, AA8K, at hamsdr.org.

It may be just my narrow view of the World but am having a little trouble understanding what all the fuss is about.

73,

Dan N4XWE



      
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