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<p class=MsoNormal>Folks<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>This is the third anniversary of the VERY early stirrings of
HPSDR! It began as a casual conversation on Teamspeak between Phil Harman
– VK6APH Bill Tracy, and the other’s gathered there on that
Saturday with the mention of Xylo an inexpensive FPGA development board! It
evolved to an e-mail list I started, including Phil Covington – N8VB and
then the Xylo group and finally to Phil Covington’s concept which became
Ozy - Mercury and also his pursuit to the QS1R. Phil’s site was
adapted to this reflector HPSDR. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>How very much we have accomplished as HPSDR in 3 years, with
Open Thought, Open Source, Open Hardware!!!!!! Voluntary contributions from
MANY, including the TAPR and AMSAT organizations. The physical proof is that is
is REAL and hardware is THERE for you to use, experiment and contribute back! I
don’t think any group or area of ham radio can claim the same
accomplishment, except perhaps the Star Project. We have accomplished this with
no formal organization, no membership lists, no board of directors, no peer
reviews, no specific plans, no dues, no asking for donations. Just
confidence and voluntary contributions of folks in many areas of expertise! SDR
and with HPSDR leading the way from all countries to the Future of Radio!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>With the help of Dale WA8SRA I have re-enabled the Penelope
DUC interest column. TAPR stocks of this fantastic transmitter have run out
from the initial build based on interest. If you are a current member you
can go in and edit your current record to express a new interest in Penelope.
If you are new to the HPSDR project you can join Hamsdr.com and click on
Projects > TAPR-HPSDR > Express Interest. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Please note that Hamsdr Interests area is offered by Dale
– WA8SRA and myself purely to assess interest in an HPSDR project. It is
independent of both TAPR and HPSDR. It is not a commitment for anyone to
manufacture anything, or imply any obligations to manufacture, including TAPR.
However, with good numbers in the interest area of this page, anyone can make
good decisions to actually produce some hardware of interest to the group.
Obviously the second offering, of Penelope, if any, will probably cost more,
however, this is the future of radio and will make an excellent transceiver
with Mercury! <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I have not changed the current header announcement on the
page which currently indicates the availability of Mercury production from
TAPR. PLEASE if you have expressed interest in obtaining a Mercury
receiver go to the TAPR website and pre-order. Order whether you have
previously expressed interest or not!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Viva HPSDR!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thanks<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Eric – AA4SW<o:p></o:p></p>
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