[hpsdr] In the Spirit of experimenters

[Chris Smith]

Hi

 Here's my threepen'oth.

I have deliberately NOT totted up the cost of my investment in HPSDR. I have a fairly shrewd idea how much it has cost me over the past 3 or 4 years but frankly I don't want to know. What I DO know is that the project has rekindled my interest in Amateur Radio and has got me on the air again on HF after a break of 12 years or more. For that I am very thankful to everyone involved. Also it has caused me to dust off the soldering iron and construct the parts that are only available as kits - including a 140W PA from CCI.

Cheers & 73

Chris G4NUX

 
On 13 Jul 2010, at 11:31, Tim O'Rourke wrote:

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> I will concur that price verses performance is one of the best deals around.
> Compared to Flex HPSDR is a lot less expensive especially when you take into account that HPSDR is Direct Digital Conversion and you do not need a sound card to operate.
> Just my 3 cents worth. 
> It is also possibe, similar to Elecraft, to buy a little at a time and gradually build a rig as you can afford it. Try that with a Yeawocom 1st class rig!
> Tim W4YN
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> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Luke Steele <mail10 at barefoothorse.com.au>
>> Sent: Jul 13, 2010 1:51 AM
>> To: hpsdr at openhpsdr.org
>> Subject: Re: [hpsdr] In the Spirit of experimenters
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>> At 01:54 AM 13/07/2010 +0000, you wrote:
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>>> Someone noted that HPSdr seemed to be very expensive
>> 
>> For what it is, I consider the HPSDR to be very reasonably priced indeed.
>> It is a bit hard to simply compare this type of radio with any particular
>> commercial offering, and say that the HPSDR is equivalent or superior to
>> XXX model rig on the market today, but what I'm seeing so far is quite
>> stunning.
>> Consider that it is leading-edge technology, with the attractiveness of
>> homebrew (for those who like to build, that is).
>> I looked at PicaStar, but was completely put off by the complexity of the
>> assembly required. For what I paid for the three complex boards in HPSDR to
>> be assembled and tested and ready to go, I saved in countless hours of
>> microsopic work.
>> The rest of the assembly and integration was well within my capability, and
>> it wasn't long before I had a working radio on air.
>> I have plenty of nice (old-fashioned)20th Century, Superheterodyne rigs
>> here, so I decided that if I was to get another radio, it would be
>> completely different. And that, the HPSDR surely is!
>> Vy 73,
>> Luke VK3HJ
>> mainly CW op
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