Let me explain what I just built. Now I know we can't really build from
scratch like we could in the 1950's but this is what I did to satisfy my
building urge.
I love the new direct sequence radios and my Flex 6500. I wanted to
compare it with an Anan 100. So I bought a Tapr Hermes board. This
board is the same transceiver board that is in the Anan-100. But it
only transmits a half watt and does not have an antenna switching relay.
So I also purchased a kit that was a half watt to 5 watt amplifier. I
then made an interface box that has an antenna relay and the 5 watt
amplifier. I then interfaced this with a 5 watt to 100 watt amplifier.
I now have the equivalent of an Anan 100 for a total investment of $1100
instead of $2500. I also have the fun of feeling like I built something.
Carl Moreschi N4PY
58 Hogwood Rd
Louisburg, NC 27549
www.n4py.com
On 11/1/2014 9:36 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP wrote:
Barry, a classical user interface will be one of many options.
It will just be in a separate box from the radio.
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
-----Original Message-----
From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Barry N1EU
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 1:56 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
The hf rig front panel evolved its knobbed interface over a period of nearly
100 years. It works. I don't need no steenkin'
smartphone/touchscreen/mouse/whatever modern interface for my radio. Sure,
let the radio hardware be the latest greatest direct digital sampling, but
keep my user interface classical.
73, Barry N1EU
On Sat, Nov 1, 2014 at 8:33 AM, Phil Sussman<psussman@pactor.com> wrote:
I do agree with Rick to some extent. The days of building from scratch
are quickly waning away. Yes, it still possible to make simple
devices, but the degree of complexity of modern items outpaces the
ability to create.
Consider fiber optic cable -vs- wire. Over the years there's been a
wide variety of wire of various gauges and materials.
But still wire was something that you could connect, crimp, or solder.
Not so with fiber optics - - the diameter is small yet it can conduct
for miles with very low loss without the issues of EMP or moisture. If
you want to splice it, you need a fusion splicer costing thousands of
dollars. If you want to connect it, the tools and equipment required
to clean, inspect, and terminate it place that ability beyond the
average technician.
Yes, progress moves on. But that does not mean innovation is dead ..
it is just different. We still find pleasure in making the seemingly
impossible work. I speak of homemade antennas that defy logic. I speak
of emergency power systems that can power equipment for days (because
of the decreasing power consumption).
Just as LED's have progressed in technology over filament bulbs, so
has our ability to innovate progressed. We might not be able to repair
a circuit board full of SMD components. We still, however, can take
pride in making things work.
Just my thoughts,
73 de Phil - N8PS
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Quoting Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP<Rick@DJ0IP.de>:
"there is no better time to be a radio UI homebrewer"
Oh, I do not agree with that!
I agree it is a good thing that people continue to home brew anything
at all, but I can't see how the thrill of programming a computer
board or radio that they bought can compare with the thrill of
hearing that first radio station when I built my first crystal radio
in 1958, cat-whisker and all.
Or with building a 20m CW transceiver from a schematic and magazine
article....
Weeks of collecting parts, 40 or 50 hours of soldering it all
together, then finally turning it on and hearing radio signals...
Then sitting down in the living room with the little rig running off
of a battery and using a home brew indoor magnetic loop antenna just
3' in diameter, and working about 20 stations around Europe in a
contest, the first 30 minutes on the air. This was excitement.
I built my first computer in 1977, also from an article in a magazine.
Gathered the components and soldered it together, just as I had done
with radios. And I was proud when it worked. But that didn't match
the thrill of hearing radio stations, at least not for me.
I don't want to take anything away from the people participating in
the makers movement, but let's not sell the past too short either.
These makers could still build their own radio today if they wanted
to. They have other interests.
73
Rick, DJ0IP
On 10/31/2014 11:54 PM, Neil Martinsen-Burrell wrote:
it is also true that there is
no better time to be a radio UI homebrewer. There will be a great
deal of innovation on this front in the next 10 years. Kudos to
TenTec for giving us the Rebel and allowing innovation to thrive again.
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