EXCELLENT!
73 - Rick, DJ0IP
(Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
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From: TenTec [mailto:tentec-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Carl
Moreschi
Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2014 2:46 PM
To: Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment
Subject: Re: [TenTec] New Radios in the Future
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
>>
>>
>> -------
>>
>>
>> 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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