[hpsdr] Thoughts about the list

[joetorrey at cablelynx.com]

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Thanks Dave,
I am also one that mostly reads the list without too much commenting. I am
very grateful for HPSDR, TAPR and Flex for that matter; the work that has
been accomplished in the SDR arena is phenomenol. I have  benefitted from
many other people's work dealing with the SDR and what is astounding, at
no cost for this information regarding operation, debugging, circuit
design and improvements; just to mention a few. All of this work is at a
cost to someone; I am grateful for this. Without all of this I wouldn't be
able to be a part of the SDR group. All of the SDR projects are extremely
reasonable in every sense.

Thanks,
Joe
WD5Y



> Perhaps what has happened over time is that some individuals have
> declared an interest in a niche area of HPSDR and these birds of a
> feather tend to congregate together and exchange ideas amongst
> themselves. I believe that what has driven this is a desire to get
> the most projects done in the shortest period of time while still
> obtaining an exceptional result.
>
> I would hope that once we get Alex, LPU (and other PS options) and a
> case done, then we can get back to a more leisurely and spread out
> community.
>
> TAPR has done everything we can to make these designs available to
> the community at affordable prices, based on careful cost analyses
> and parts procurement. When you look at the price of fully assembled
> and tested boards, you (the generic you) will see that the final
> price is at or cheaper than what you could buy a bare board and
> procure the parts for. That is why we warrant the boards only to be
> working when we ship them -- where we would have the resources, we
> might try to help with rehabilitating a failed board, but we cannot
> promise to do that as we have a limited number of spare parts and all
> work is done by volunteers. After all, this is still an experimental
> type of hobby. I think most people here understand that. If you want
> or need more than we (the HPSDR community and TAPR) can provide you
> with, then you will need to wait for the commercial world to catch up
> and pay the appropriate cost dividend. Or, you can buy a FLEX-5000,
> which is also a fine piece of gear.
>
> As TAPR


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