[hpsdr] Alex and my confusion

[Chris Smith]

Hi

I think I can be forgiven for getting confused about the status of  
Alex. In my post of 3rd Oct I said:

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I would vote for a board populated with all *BUT* the toroids and  
would try and source those locally - given the specifications.
<snip>

This was in response to Scotty's post of 6th Aug:

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Alex:
I have not been able to get the toroids built in a cost effective or  
time effective manner, so you get the privilege of winding your own.

We will build the boards without the toroids installed. The boards  
will be partially assembled, either just the SMT parts or SMT plus  
relays and connectors, depending on how good a deal the CM makes us on  
the assembly. We will supply the cores and wire for you to wind your  
own coils.
<snip>

Then John N8UR posted on 4th Oct:

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3.  Alex is a fairly complicated product with lots of solder joints.   
If we offer a completed unit, we can test it and verify performance  
before we ship.  We've done that with all the previous assembled  
boards, and I think you'll agree that very few manufacturing problems  
made it to the field.  If we offer a partially assembled board, we  
won't be able to do that testing.

  <snip>

   It may turn out that we just can't solve the toroid problem, but a  
partial kit offering means we will have to deal with these issues ...
<snip>

SO, sorry if I jumped the gun by saying what my preference would be  
but I was unaware that there was still a chance that Alex would/could  
be supplied assembled & tested. That would be the ideal position as  
far as I'm concerned.

I will now withdraw my head below the parapet before I get shot at! :-)

Cheers & 73

Chris
G4NUX