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style='font-size:10.0pt'>Tom,<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>Thank you for your post on this subject. People appear to have lost sight of what it takes to bring concepts like Hermes to production status, even a limited production. In addition to the over-arching principle that you have described, there are the already expended costs of development that should be recouped. As you said, were it not for TAPR's willingness to participate and subsidize a lot of what is now and has taken place, openHPSDR would certainly not be where it is today.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>I for one, never expected Hermes to sell for 1/3 to 1/2 of the target price recently quoted. Apparently, some did. Personally, I think 2x the cost of a Mercury board for what is essentially Mercury, PennyLane, Metis and Excalibur all in one seems pretty reasonable to me.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>My hat is off, and I offer humble thanks to all those who have worked together to bring us the openHPSDR series of projects.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>73, and carry on.<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>-Bruce, N1RX<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> For the record, just in case there is any confusion on this point, TAPR's<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> overriding philosophy for HPSDR has been to provide the hardware at a price<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> that is less than the typical individual could achieve on his own. And we<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> have kept the DIY guys in mind by making the boards available, and on<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>> occasion some of the difficult to buy or expensive parts when we had extras...<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>(snipped for brevity)<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
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