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

Thu Jul 5 05:51:08 PDT 2018

My first SDR RX was simple Softrock40. I had a very good soundcard (ESI 
Juli@) back then as A/D converter
and all this was extremely impressive.  I never had a SDR-1000. My next 
step was directly into HPSDR.

I have to say that it was quite a real challenge to solder a chip like 
Altera Cyclone II on Penelope board.
I once burned OPA2674IC down on Penelope, asked Phil for solution, I 
replaced it and got it back working good.

Have fun!

73,
Riho ES7AAZ.

On 4.07.2018 23:53, Riho Bergmann wrote:
> 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,
>>>
>>> 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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