[hpsdr] Partially built Penelope for sale

Steve Niles n5en at wt.net
Sun Oct 4 12:18:21 PDT 2009


If anyone is interested, please send me your offer...

Thanks & 73
Steve N5EN

Steve Niles wrote:
> After missing the original TAPR offering for Penelope, I decided to try 
> building one myself.  I got as far as the top side surface mount parts 
> and quickly realized that I don't have the right equipment (or eyesight) 
> for the tiny leads on the FPGA and the other devices with ultra close 
> spaced leads.
> 
> So, I'd like to sell mine to someone who has the right equipment to 
> complete it.  I will include the rest of the parts (I spent approx. 
> $300.00 total at TAPR, Digikey, Mouser, Mini-Circuits, and Amidon). I 
> would like to get $200 plus shipping.
> 
> Here's a fairly high resolution image of the work I've done so far:
> http://n5en.com/penny.jpg
> 
> There are a few solder paste bridges behind the FPGA pins and other 
> soldering clean up needed. T2 will also need to be rotated per Errata #1.
> 
> If interested, please reply to me directly.
> 
> Thanks & 73
> Steve N5EN
> 

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