[hpsdr] Call for Comments and Discussion - OzyII

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The project is a High Performance Software Defined Radio.
The plan was to build an SDR trying to deliver the
highest possible performance and modular units for
ease of experimentation.

Lowest cost is very nice to have.  I look at the money
I have spent so far and it is significant to me.  But,
I think that performance is the primary consideration.

By the time we have added Alex and Thor, we should have
a transceiver that outperforms the $10,000 and $20,000
ones for a small fraction of the cost.  This is made
possible by the selfless efforts of all of the contributers.
Thank you!


Mike - AA8K


Keith Hornbaker wrote:
> ***** High Performance Software Defined Radio Discussion List *****
> 
> I agree with Paul and hope we will keep the OZY replacement as simple and as
> least costly as possible. Hopefully this will attract more people and maybe
> find a way to produce them in quantity to support the project. 



> 
> As I said there are a lot of great ideas being voiced but I am afraid 
> that OZY II will become infected with "bloat", and the attempt will be 
> made to make it a do everything card. If we make it too complex then 
> that can delay its release, and in the end make it too expensive. And 
> with that thought we need to keep this in mind. If we want to see more 
> people involved with HPSDR then we will need to watch our costs. We have 
> all seen the "HPSDR boards for sale" ads that have popped up. And a 
> number have admitted the additional expense to complete the HPSDR to a 
> usable radio was one of the factors. Just something else to think about.
> 
> Lets keep OZY II simple!
> 
> Paul Cecil
> KA5FPT
> 

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