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

Wed Jul 4 13:53:49 PDT 2018

Superb!
Last but not least - Mercury is amazing every time. It feels like having 
super ears.
It really feels like direct conversion for sure.
73 es gud dx,
Riho ES7AAZ.

On 4.07.2018 13:05, Hans J Smit wrote:
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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,
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>> 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.
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>> On 29.06.2018 8:42, Chris Smith wrote:
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>>> Amen to that Ben.
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>>> Chris G4NUX
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>>>> 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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>>>>
>>>>
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