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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 09:45:01 -0600
From: W6RCecilA <Cecil.A.Moore@IEEE.org>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
Rob Janssen wrote:
>
> W6RCecilA <Cecil.A.Moore@IEEE.org> wrote:
> >Bob, for $80 it should do more than I can do in my sleep.
> >An audio and PTT interface costs only $5 using brand-new
> >parts. I can put together a couple of dozen or so such
> >devices from free parts in my junk box.
>
> Then you should go ahead and do just that. But there always is
> a market for selling $5 in components as a $80 ready-made appliance
> with instruction manual and (0/1)-800 number to help the absolute
> dummy to get going...
And that is a very sad state of affairs in a *technical hobby*.
--
73, Cecil, W6RCA http://www.mindspring.com/~w6rca
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 11:23:15 -0600
From: "Steve Sampson" <ssampson@usa-site.net>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
> And that is a very sad state of affairs in a *technical hobby*.
It's not a technical hobby anymore. It's a morse code shrine.
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 12:30:42 -0600
From: W6RCecilA <Cecil.A.Moore@IEEE.org>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
Dana H. Myers K6JQ wrote:
> This is not about a technical hobby, it is about reliability and aesthetics.
A Real HamŽ still uses free air electronics. :-) It only needs to last
through the next QSO and then it needs to be redesigned.
--
73, Cecil, W6RCA http://www.mindspring.com/~w6rca
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 10:28:52 -0800
From: "Dana H. Myers K6JQ" <Dana@Source.Net>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
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W6RCecilA wrote:
> Rob Janssen wrote:
> >
> > W6RCecilA <Cecil.A.Moore@IEEE.org> wrote:
> > >Bob, for $80 it should do more than I can do in my sleep.
> > >An audio and PTT interface costs only $5 using brand-new
> > >parts. I can put together a couple of dozen or so such
> > >devices from free parts in my junk box.
> >
> > Then you should go ahead and do just that. But there always is
> > a market for selling $5 in components as a $80 ready-made appliance
> > with instruction manual and (0/1)-800 number to help the absolute
> > dummy to get going...
>
> And that is a very sad state of affairs in a *technical hobby*.
C'mon, be reasonable, Cecil. Those $5 in components aren't the same
as the $80 product (which seems to be priced a little high, IMHO). This
is not about a technical hobby, it is about reliability and aesthetics. If
that
$80 device is well-made, reliable and looks good, then it is probably a
better deal for a lot of people that would rather operate a radio than
tinker with hardware.
Sure, I made a cable to connect a computer sound-card to my FT-847
for about $5, and I even put the PTT-keying transistor inside a DB-25 shell,
so it all looks rather sanitary. I used a molded cable assembly as the basis
of the cable, so maybe I'm not technical :-)
Dana
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 21:47:09 +0100
From: Helmut Wabnig <hwabnig@aon.at>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:52:09 -0800, "Del Schier, K1UHF"
<dels@optimaudio.com> wrote:
>Hello all,
>
>I hope that this message is not a problem being commercial in nature.
>
>I work for a small electronic engineering firm and we have decided
>to enter the ham radio market as a new cottage industry company, in
>support of our hobby. We would like to announce a new product for
>the digital modes. We are just about finished with our production
>prototype testing and expect to be in production in about 6 weeks.
>
>Please see our web page: http://www.westmountainradio.com
>
>We would like feedback from this group, we are not ready to take
>orders, we are simply asking for your feedback.
If you would post the circuit diagram here,
then I would know.......
Just fun, keep going!
W.
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 17:52:36 -0600
From: "Steve Sampson" <ssampson@usa-site.net>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
> > This is not about a technical hobby, it is about reliability and
aesthetics.
>
> A Real HamŽ still uses free air electronics. :-) It only needs to last
> through the next QSO and then it needs to be redesigned.
A Real Ham would have a cigarette lighter in there, and it would be big
enough to put your beer can on as a coaster.
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Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2000 20:15:45 -0500
From: Del Schier K1UHF FN31 <kd1du@Ridgefield-CT.com>
Subject: NEW HARDWARE FOR DIGITAL MODES!
Helmut Wabnig wrote:
>
> On Wed, 09 Feb 2000 11:52:09 -0800, "Del Schier, K1UHF"
> <dels@optimaudio.com> wrote:
>
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I hope that this message is not a problem being commercial in nature.
> >
> >I work for a small electronic engineering firm and we have decided
> >to enter the ham radio market as a new cottage industry company, in
> >support of our hobby. We would like to announce a new product for
> >the digital modes. We are just about finished with our production
> >prototype testing and expect to be in production in about 6 weeks.
> >
> >Please see our web page: http://www.westmountainradio.com
> >
> >We would like feedback from this group, we are not ready to take
> >orders, we are simply asking for your feedback.
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