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<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>Hi
Todd, All,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>Let me
start by saying that I agree with you that the price/performance ratio
for a HPSDR system is outstanding.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>And
personally I do not have a problem to have to wait (a long time) for projects to
be finalized and to be made available to us by TAPR.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>They
do an excellent job and I am not complaining whatsoever.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>But if
you look at amateur radio, a lot of hams always have been busy to do the
maximum with a given budget, whatever performance you are talking
about.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>That
is one of the reasons for some doing it DIY, be it modifying existing
(expensive-) (surplus-) equipment or home brewing a complete
system.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>I
think that's not a wrong thing to do/think, to get the maximum "bang for the
buck".</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>It
simply means that you have more money left to do more HAM radio!
;-)</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>In the
case of the boards currently under discussion, you also could follow a
different way of thinking.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>Are
they so "High Performance" in the same sense as the difference between
a software defined Mercury/Penny is in comparison to a regular radio
RX/TX?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>Sure,
the designs are of good quality and I'm also sure that the build quality
will be equally good, but compared to the above they are rather "standard
technology" </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009>and the price is also the "standard price" for
this kind of hardware and are OK.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>And so
maybe it would be fair to say that "standard price discussions" are applicable,
allowed and OK too for these particular boards of the HPSDR
family?</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN class=070174013-04102009>Just a
thought.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009>73's,</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009>Henry.</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT color=#0000ff size=2 face=Arial><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009></SPAN></FONT> </DIV>
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face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org [mailto:hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>Todd Mondragon<BR><B>Sent:</B> zondag 4 oktober 2009
14:51<BR><B>To:</B> hpsdr@openhpsdr.org<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [hpsdr] Boards:
FREE<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Hi all,<FONT face=Arial><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT size=2><SPAN
class=070174013-04102009> </SPAN></FONT></FONT></FONT><BR></DIV>Here are
my thoughts.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>HPSDR was never meant to be Cheap SDR. It was envisioned as High
Performance SDR.</DIV>
<DIV>If anyone got into this thinking it was going to be cheap
to build a full working system they deluded themselves.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>And in the grand scheme of things, the performance level of this
experimental system IS cheap in comparison to what you'd pay to get lesser
performance from a commercial rig.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Yes, it will take some time for the individual components to be made
available, there are development times, component sourcing times,
manufacturing and shipping logistics and a myriad of other issue to be dealt
with. This project has been running for a couple of years as is so the
impatient would be well advised to go with a commercial solution for more
money or find their own solutions to the missing components if they can't wait
for the groups efforts to be realized.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>As far as I am concerned the HPSDR working group has done an amazing job
creating what in comparison to the commercial solutions available is very very
inexpensive for the performance level. And the good people at TAPR have otdone
themselves with this complex and popular project, a huge thanks to them and
everyone involved.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In summary, if you are upset at the costs involved or the delivery times
of the solutions then you are participating in the wrong project. This project
is High Performance Software Defined Radio, not On The Cheap And Quickly
Produced Radio.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>73,</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Todd M0GLO</DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>