nah - ain't that dumb. Just using software and software development tools
like we used old parts from TV sets - building blocks. No matter what
anyone says, I believe most competent 'amateurs' can learn to program, and
that programming and software development tools are not unlike those
building blocks of old. Some of us homebrewed back then - just a different
approach. You still need the basics - in this case the chassis is a bit
more complicated - an SDR to start with, but with enought flexibility to
change things.
The Jupiter and the Orion aren't there yet ... there's not enough of the
specifications that are visible to most of us do anything much with
(although Carl has certainly done a lot with his packages), but at some
point in the future, I hope that TenTec will indeed make a lot of the
software spec's and perhaps some of their software libraries for the Jupiter
and the Orion available for us to 'experiment'. In the meantime, I plan to
invest in the basics of the FlexRadio to do just that. Not for everyone,
for sure, but could be a lot of fun, and perhaps we can start providing to
really providing to the Amateur world what that great group of programmers
in the Linux world have done for open source operating and applications
systems.
Just some thoughts!
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq@iglou.com>
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TenTec]software vs. hdw. etc.
> Dave: Are you saying that software programing replaces parts? Even if we
> wanted to program these things, we couldn't because we don't have the
source
> code. They are making radios that hams cannot even experiment with.
>
> Steve N4LQ
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "David W LeJeune, Sr" <lejeuned@centurytel.net>
> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 7:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec reflector
>
>
> > Well, now
> > In the early days of ham radio we learned to build 'hardware'
receivers
> > and transmitters from scratch - why not learn to program software
defined
> > radios from scratch? Then we wouldn't have to go 'crying to mama'!
It's
> > a
> > lot easier than unsoldering and re-soldering!
> >
> > What was that term that was first used back then? Appliance
operators?
> >
> > Dave K5WNV
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Steve N4LQ" <n4lq@iglou.com>
> > To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:04 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec reflector
> >
> >
> >> "For me, the hardware changes mean nothing. Its the receiver that
counts"
> >>
> >> Now there's a good one. Let's see.....I explain how the changes to the
> > ICOM
> >> Pro line are not software changes and am blamed for "bashing TenTec"!
> >> Then
> >> I'm told that receivers are not hardware.
> >>
> >> Well let me say this about software. You could have a very good radio
> >> with
> >> NO software but a radio that was ALL software wouldn't work AT ALL. So
if
> > I
> >> am "bashing" something, it is software. Software reduces us to
something
> >> even worse than appliance operators. It turns us in to helpless
> >> sucklings,
> >> always looking to mama programmer for more firmware milk. It appears
that
> >> SOME of our rigs are having problems being weaned, yea even what is
> > claimed
> >> to be the "Highest Performance, Optimized" transceiver is still crying
> >> for
> >> mama.
> >>
> >> "Mama mama, my QSK is clicking and my screen is brown"
> >> Ohhhh mama, I am loosing my audio and my output is down.
> >> Pleassssseeee mama help me before I lock up and totally shut down!"
> >>
> >>
> >> Steve N4LQ
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Bill Rowlett" <kc4atu@hotmail.com>
> >> To: <tentec@contesting.com>
> >> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 6:11 AM
> >> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Ten Tec reflector
> >>
> >>
> >> >
> >> > Now Steve, just because you like to bash Ten Tec, give the new guy a
> >> > break, he likes his radio.
> >> >
> >> > For me, the hardware changes mean nothing. Its the receiver that
> >> > counts.
> >> > You can have the PRO line and anything the other two make also.
> >> >
> >> > The Flex Radio is closer to being a SDR than anything else and may be
> > the
> >> > next move here.
> >> >
> >> > 73 Bill kc4atu
> >> > QRP, doing more with less
> >> > FM19ga
> >> >
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