> > Hi Marcus, > > >Practicality is a very important aspect of any project like this, and > >it's one that needs to be explored. > Yes, very important and I like what you are designing, you bet I will > get one if I can get it as already tuned. > Also the the SDR manufacturers are (should be) grateful that an > "stronger" > SDR is under consideration and for this price (only). > > What I worry about the GNU SDR is (and I bet most are?): > - if it is available as parts listed on a web page, the cost of test > equipment (if you don't have them) > to verify I soldered everything ok exceeds an commersial USRP by far. > There are lots of SDR examples on the web that got wasted since too > few dare to touch these delicate pieces. > - if I was a student then alles ok, school got the tools needed. If > not, they will get em (hopefully) > - if a company would try (to solder) the SDR in EU, the price would be > around $4k/month/person > > If an already tuned GNU SDR Kit was available, We for sure would > found your idea, that I a fact! > > Just to be clear--I personally have no desire/intention of building these things and making them available. I don't have the resources or patience for the fiddly bits of hardware design.
I view my roll as getting the discussion going on the topic,and throwing out a few concrete ideas. -- Principal Investigator Shirleys Bay Radio Astronomy Consortium http://www.sbrac.org
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