[hpsdr] Thanks HPSDR group + all supporting organizations around it. Am very happy with all this.

[Hans J Smit]

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Yep, couldn't agree more...
Thanks to all you developers/designers/geniuses!
My first experience with SDR was a second hand "SDR-1000" (later became 
FlexRadio).
Then read about the HPSDR DDC/DUC developments in RadCom magazine 
articles during 2006 - 2008, by Steve VK6VZ and Phil VK6PH.
That was exciting, and I accumulated components to assemble a basic 
Atlas/Ozy USB connected system,
with a 100W Codan PA stage driven directly from Penelope.
I recorded a first QSO in Jan 2009.
Since then expanded it to include Excalibur, Metis, Alexiares, and 
PennyWhistle all in a Pandora box, now driving an RM BLA350 amp.
The firmware and software continue to evolve with innovations and 
improvements - cutting edge stuff!
It's a great journey.
Again, many thanks! 73, Hans VK5YX.
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On 03/07/18 18:27, Riho Bergmann wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm still running 4 boards setup on Atlas - Ozy, Mercury, Penelope, 
> Excalibur. I'm still extremely happy with my HPSDR.
> It's all in my own custom box + linear PSU and 20W PA. Nowadays 
> software is far better than it was in the beginning and
> does a very good job today. BTW, it was 2006 back then when the very 
> first HPSDR boards came out.  Thanks a lot!
>
> Have fun!
> 73, Riho, ES7AAZ.
>
>
> On 29.06.2018 8:42, Chris Smith wrote:
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>> Amen to that Ben.
>>
>> Chris G4NUX
>>
>>> On 29 Jun 2018, at 00:24, pa5bw <pa5bw at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I like discussions, and I like the open expression of ideas. Not all 
>>> is constructive, not all needs to be said, but the principle is good.
>>> That said: I don't understand why people are complaining about the 
>>> current HPSDR. I don't, on the contrary!
>>>
>>> I for myself am extremely happy, thankful and very impressed with 
>>> everything that I have seen happening in and around this openHPSDR 
>>> group. Just like so many others, I lived through the phases of 
>>> getting my first receiver board working (I bought them, how 
>>> commercial!), through marveling over the current possibilities of 
>>> software+hardware. I now use a readily assembled box+boards, and 
>>> that was my own decision. I feel in no way forced. Maybe that's the 
>>> difference? Maybe by accepting my own choices, it does feel better? ;-)
>>>
>>> Before I discovered the HPSDR group, the best transceiver I could 
>>> afford was a second-hand Yaesu FT-990. It has an excellent receiver. 
>>> Yet, I did not touch it anymore since I listened to a Mercury. And 
>>> that was way back, just before OM Gerd was so kind to take up 
>>> commercial production of boards. The software has improved a lot 
>>> since then, but so has the hardware! For scientific experiments I no 
>>> longer borrow a $130.000 Rohde & Schwarz FSMR26 from work, but I use 
>>> an $3500 ANAN-200D. It has more flexibility than the professional 
>>> box and a dual channel (!) receiver. This has opened so many new 
>>> possibilities for me, that I can only thank all the real developers 
>>> on this reflector for all that they have done. And I do include the 
>>> commercial guys that entered in some strange undefined symbioses 
>>> with the hobbyists. Yes, also "that Indian". ;-)
>>>
>>> A BIG THANK YOU, GUYS!
>>> AND A LOT OF RESPECT FOR THE PIONEERING YOU DID.
>>>
>>> Don't let all the criticism get to you. I'm just one person saying 
>>> this, but there will be many more silent HPSDR fans that think the 
>>> same. If mixing open source and volunteer work with other 
>>> non-standard solutions does work, I embrace it. And I reckon that, 
>>> if commercial firms will become too greedy, a hobbyist will stand-up 
>>> and produce an alternative. But generally the guys that would do so 
>>> would not be the ones shouting and complaining, but the silent, 
>>> hard-working ones.
>>>
>>> I'm enjoying the excellent configurable waterfall display, diversity 
>>> reception, very narrow no-ring filters, the noise blankers and 
>>> PureSignal, and am impressed by the new software developments 
>>> LinHPSDR and Protocol2 and I am very curious about the Minerva 
>>> hardware. Will we be able to create a 3 antenna receiver? And a 2 
>>> antenna transmitter? Please? Yesterday? :-)
>>>
>>> I'll continue reading the creative technical posts, which I enjoy 
>>> and which are why I am in the HPSDR group.
>>>
>>> 73, Ben PE5B, MoIJQ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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