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<tt>Hi Adam,<br>
I would guess that there are hundreds of hams using HPSDR boards
actively on the air. Very high quality is usually reported. Most
boards in the modular version of hpsdr (Mercury, PennyLane, Metis,
Magister, Excalibur, Atlas, Alex) are available from tapr.org.
Integrated, single-board transceivers and packaged versions of
these are marketed by apache-labs.com. By far the majority of
users purchase factory-assembled boards, and then, for the modular
series, assemble them into working tranceivers. Some use these
with transverters for the VHF, UHF and microwave ham bands.
Software and firmware are open-source. Many have contributed to
the development.<br>
<br>
Dave<br>
WA8YWQ<br>
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On 7/19/2013 7:25 AM, Adam L. Mendelson wrote:
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all, </span>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">I have
been following the HPSDR project for a little while now and
really would love to get involved and tinker with this kit.
Yet, I am concerned that I do not have the skill for this. I
have very little experience building kits and absolutely no
experience with working on SMT components. >From the
perspective of hardware I am just a total newb when it comes
to building. </div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">When it
comes to software, firmware, fpga code, well I do have some
background in this end. I have worked for FPGA based hardware
manufacturers for years and this part excites me. I have been
dying to jump into SDR for years but never found a rig that I
was comfortable sinking my $$$ into. HPSDR seems to really
fit the bill for me as I am firm believer in opensource, and
knowing this is open from the hardware and software really
gets me excited. </div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Furthermore,
I have been a network engineer for 15+ years and the IP side
of this makes me itch to get started,as I have had the concept
of a software defined shack in my head for a while. By this I
would love to be able to segment the entire RF chain into soft
controllable pieces placed where needed and operated at a
clean and neat computer like position. I dream of placing
receivers and transmitters close to the antenna, having RF
switches where needed and so on....</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px"><br>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">So, I
ask this of the reflector, is this a project someone like
myself can undertake? If I read correctly it looks like a few
of the board are available assembled? If I have read
correctly <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://iquadlabs.com/" target="_blank">iquadlabs.com</a> may
be selling fully assembled kits? I was not able to find them
on the website. Is HPSDR far enough along to really work and
be a viable radio, not just a tinkerer's time sink? I love to
play but I only have so much $$ to burn and I want my SDR to
be a viable radio to operate not just tinker.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Thanks
all for listening to my lengthy rambling and any feedback you
can offer on a newbie looking to get started.</div>
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<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">Adam</div>
<div style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:13px">KG4PES</div>
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