[hpsdr] Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year

[Dan Mitchell]

Thanks, Jeremy, for the way you were able to put into words what most of us
were thinking. And, of course, we appreciate all YOU do.
73, and best holiday wishes to all.
Dan, W0IQ

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[mailto:hpsdr-bounces at lists.openhpsdr.org] On Behalf Of Jeremy McDermond
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Subject: [hpsdr] Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year

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This is more of a "thanksgiving" post I guess, but:

Thanks to Phil once again for his hard work on the hardware, firmware, and
with his copious amounts of sage-like advice.  It's gotta be hard being the
"heart and soul" of the project in a lot of ways, and he handles it with
grace and style.

Thanks to Kevin and the rest of the hardware team for all of their design
prowess.  I'm continually amazed at what this project manages to get to work
in an age where home-brewing and manufacturing increasingly tiny electronic
equipment becomes more difficult.

Thanks to KV0S-Dave for keeping us all corralled on friday nights and
shepherding the wiki.  It's probably not as appreciated and glamorous a job
as spearheading Metis, or releasing ghpsdr v47.0, but it's certainly
necessary for the continued growth of the project.

Thanks to Bill for his constant prodding about the evils of the Jobsian
Empire and providing a sounding board for my more insane ideas.

Thanks to John Melton for his lightning pace of innovation on alternative
platforms, his work on the Metis bootloaders, and providing me a cattle prod
to the rear to speed up my glacial pace of coding.  I'm continually amazed
at how fast he's able to get working code written out and released to the
hungering masses.  I fully expect ghpsdr v5.0 to be released late this year
sometime.

Thanks to Scotty, Dan, Nona and the rest of the TAPR manufacturing team.
Even though Alex still isn't in anyone's grubby hands, one frustration out
of so many boards produced is really a pretty good record.  The way Scotty
takes the abuse with a chuckle and a smile is a testament to his character.

Thanks to George for continuing to challenge my bold assertions and making
me think over things again.  Having such a discussion is always useful to
shaking out the "right way" to do things in my head.

It's been ten months since I released the first version of MacHPSDR that
only produced noise out of Mercury's audio port, and what a strange trip
it's been.  I've since spoken at Dayton, Microhams and the DCC on the
subject, and shown off my radio to many more folks.  It has been a great
project to be a part of for that period of time, not only because of the
technology to explore, but also because of the people that I've met and
interacted with along the way.  The community around OpenHPSDR right now is
great and I hope that it continues long into the future.  Since I'm going to
be expected to be at Dayton for the next three years for TAPR board
meetings, I sincerely hope to meet more of you as time goes on.

Happy holidays to everyone, and my best wishes for a happy, prosperous, and
SDR filled new year.

--
Jeremy McDermond (NH6Z)
Xenotropic Systems
mcdermj at xenotropic.com



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