[hpsdr] Alex

[Richard Smith]

I would also like to see the boards made available as an alternative to 
buying the finished product.

Rich W1EZ
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Naruta" <mnaruta at comcast.net>
To: "Sheldon Hands" <as5770972 at sapo.pt>; "HPSDR Reflector" <hpsdr at hpsdr.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Alex


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I am quite familiar with toroids as I used to
optimize the toroid windings on the filters of
my homemade terminal units for RTTY - forty
five years ago.  Please see this list's
archive about the difficulties in removing
the wire's coating.

I have built my own transmitters, VFOs, and
receivers (not kits).  I have built my own
chassis from sheet metal, ground crystals to
change frequency, and rewound power
transformers.  I built my own "bug" semi-
automatic key when I couldn't afford a Vibroplex.
Two years ago I repaired the open winding
inside of a Hallicrafters IF transformer.
Try taking the enamel off of THAT wire
without breaking the wire.

I built my first TNC and was the first ham
from my county on packet.  I built the first
amateur repeater phone patch in my county.
I installed the first IRLP in my county.

I am aware of the difficulty of finding parts.
I lived in the bush as EL6C 1974-1975.  The
nearest electrical power was 45 Kilometers away,
the nearest fuel station much more distant.  I
got the loan of a small gasoline generator in
1975 and made QSOs by the light of a kerosene
lamp.  My air time was rationed to much less
than I desired.  If I didn't have something, I
had to fabricate it.

I can solder, I can wind toroids; I have already
mastered those skills.  I have created layouts
in solid printed circuit boards by hand.  In
the short time left in my life, I want to learn
additional skills and explore new ideas.

Given the choice between paying someone at TAPR
to rummage through piles of parts and put them
into a bag for me to sort and solder, versus
paying for a machine to automatically insert
and solder the parts, I chose to let the machine
do it and spend my time on learning, modifying,
and using the HPSDR.  Life is short.



Sheldon Hands wrote:
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> Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 3:48 PM
> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] Alex
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>> After hearing the difficulties with the toroids on
>> the previous board, it seems to make sense to have
>> that work done by professionals using machines.
>
>
> That´s about the mast pathetic thing I´ve ever heard. If an OM cant´t 
> figure that one pass through a toróid is one turn he doesent deserve to 
> hold a ham licence.
>
> Here in Europe we have a long tradition of home brewing, indeed many in 
> many countries to the east of use if you didn´t homebrew you did not get 
> on the air. It would have been nice to have seen the offer of an Alex  pcb 
> set for those who did want to roll their own and say "I did it myself"
>
> Shel CT1IZU


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