[hpsdr] FW: Alex

[Henry Vredegoor]

Oooops....

Of course I meant "enormous job" instead of "tremendous job".... ;-)

Henry.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Henry Vredegoor [mailto:henry.vredegoor at gmail.com] 
> Sent: woensdag 11 februari 2009 2:52
> To: 'Lyle Johnson'; 'hpsdr at lists.hpsdr.org'
> Subject: RE: [hpsdr] Alex
> 
> 
> Hi Lyle, All,
> 
> I think the price is kind of high too, but I think 10% (abt. 
> US$ 25?) isn't worth the trouble of doing the board yourself?
> 
> A full swing transceiver HPSDR project can turn out to be 
> quite pricey.
> 
> (A sick joke would be that the "HP" in HPSDR would stand for 
> "High Price"......... ;-) . Sorry couldn't resist....)
> 
> I think though that this board could be done fairly easy as a 
> kit for the average ham, compared to the other HPSDR boards; 
> provided good instructions were available, esp. for the 
> winding of the toroids, testing etc.
> (Testing could be THE big-plus of assembled and tested boards 
> (filters!!) though!)
> So in this case I would opt for a DIY kit too if it were 
> offered by TAPR and if the price reduction was considerably 
> more than "just" 10%; I didn't however do an estimate on the 
> component cost, so I have no idea what could be a reasonable 
> kit price.
> 
> On the other hand I think the kitting itself would be a 
> tremendous job for TAPR, compared to the "testing only" of 
> the assembled boards? 
> 
> I wonder as to what were the reasons of TAPR to not offer 
> bare boards and/or a "difficult component kit" (toroids?) 
> like in previous designs? (I probably missed something?)
> 
> This may sound a lot like complaining, but is not.
> This is not intended to dismiss any of all the good work done 
> by the people from TAPR and the HPSDR community in any way!!!
> Just thinking about options.
> 
> Thank you again guys!!
> 
> 
> 73's,
> 
> Henry.
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org 
> > [mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.hpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Lyle Johnson
> > Sent: woensdag 11 februari 2009 1:25
> > To: hpsdr at lists.hpsdr.org
> > Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Alex
> > 
> > 
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> > > I see Alex price kind of high. I wonder if it is possible 
> > to buy kits? 
> > 
> > I'd prefer kits and winding the toroids if it reduced the 
> price more 
> > than 10% or so.
> > 
> > Lyle KK7P
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