Hi Art,
I have all the parts for the alpha kit ready to send except for the toroid cores. I was informed they were shipped last Monday from Florida, so I am kind of wondering if it is really so. I have held off on sending the alpha kits until I had the cores in hand, but may need to reorder the cores from some other source.
So far three of the alpha kits have been built (with the few toroids I had) and are working very nicely. Performance has looked good enough to head for a kit run at the end of November.
Sorry for the delay on getting the alpha kits out.
73,
Tony KB9YIG
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----- Original Message -----
From: "KY1K" <ky1k@...>
To: <softrock40@...>
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 10:11 PM
Subject: Re: [softrock40] SoftRock v5.0 kits may soon be ordered
Hi Tony,
Did the alpha test plans fall through???
Should I go ahead and order 2 kits, or will the alpha test kit arrive
soon? So far nothing.......
Hope everything is OK.
Regards,
Art
At 09:18 PM 11/6/2005, you wrote:
Good Evening All,
After a number of tests with the new v5.0 SoftRock I have deceided
it is ready for kit production. Orders may be placed as soon as the
ordering system is setup at Dale's (WA8SRA) HamSDR website
(). Kit deliveries will start at the
end of this month.
Three kits will be offered as follows:
1) SoftRock v5.0 QSD kit at $19 per kit (US/Canada, $20 for DX).
This is the lower board in the two board stack and contains the 5
VDC regulator, two voltage comparators, the QSD quad switch, and the
dual low-noise audio amplifier. All components to build the board
will be provided in this kit and also a stereo audio cable will be
included. However, no RG174 coax cable or the BNC connector will be
provided in the kit. (400 kits are planned)
2) SoftRock v5.0 Low Band OSC/BPF kit at $7.50 per kit (US/Canada,
$8.50 for DX). This is the upper board in the two board stack and
contains the oscillator circuit, the quadrature clock phase shift
network and the BPF. The fundamental frequency xtal will not be
included in the kit but components will be provided for use over the
bands from 80 meters to 30 meters. (750 kits are planned)
3) SoftRock v5.0 High Band OSC/BPF kit at $7.50 per kit (US/Canada,
$8.50 for DX). This is again the upper board and contains the
components for use of the SoftRock at 20 meters and above. (250
kits are planned. Good operation at 20 meters has been demonstrated
but operation at bands avove 20 meters has not been done at this
date.)
When the ordering system is in place, I will post on the Yahoo
group. Please enter your order and confirm your order information
before sending any payment. Preferred payment methode will be by
PayPal at user raparks@... .
Thanks and 73,
Tony Parks KB9YIG
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