[TenTec] discarded receiver

[Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP]

WON'T HAPPEN.

Think about it:
A few customers have a 5 year old RX board.
We ask them to build a kit so we can drop in our 5 year old boards.
Nobody (from Ten-Tec) on site tests the finished unit, but if it doesn't
work, we will expect Ten-Tec to support it.
We will expect them to write code for it and support that too.
Uh, write code for a dead product where there are only a few units in the
field?
Personally, I don't want them wasting their software engineering cycles on
that.
I'd like a better NR functionality in my Eagle.

Or instead:

Put the same effort around the Eagle's receiver (like the new RX-366 board),
and bring out a stand-alone receiver based on that.
Then they have a better receiver at only incremental cost to the users.
Then the software development they put into it can be shared with Eagle and
Orion users.

Sorry, but you guys who think there will be a receiver kit are dreaming.
Of course you are welcome to express your dreams.

I used to have dreams like that too, but then I outgrew my broomstick.

73
Rick (ex-Broomstick Cowboy) ;-)


-----Original Message-----
From: tentec-bounces at contesting.com [mailto:tentec-bounces at contesting.com]
On Behalf Of kc9cdt at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2012 9:49 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] discarded receiver

I was thinking the same thing.....
TT how about a nice kit to build?
73,
Lee



-----Original Message-----
From: Speer, Doug <Doug.Speer at FairbanksMorse.com>
To: tentec <tentec at contesting.com>
Sent: Thu, Feb 2, 2012 3:11 pm
Subject: [TenTec] discarded receiver


I posted the following message on December 1st and got no response or 
comments
so I figured the thought of re-using the old receiver boards was too 
far off the
wall.

Originally posted 01-December-2011
At the risk of sounding like someone who "doesn't understand what it 
would
take", which by the way I don't:

What I think would really be cool would be for someone to develop a 
design and
kit that could re-use the removed original second receiver boards from 
the Orion
and turn it into a stand alone or PC coupled general coverage receiver. 
 Being
able to put the removed boards to some good use would make the 
investment in the
RX366 feel that much better.

Doug, W9PN


-----Original Message-----
From: PC Anderson
Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 4:36 PM
To: tentec at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TenTec] 565v3.026 ready at TenTec for download


Good idea.


> From: geoffreymendelson at gmail.com
> To: tentec at contesting.com
> Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 00:13:39 +0200
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] 565v3.026 ready at TenTec for download
>
>
> On Feb 2, 2012, at 12:11 AM, John Henry wrote:
>
> > Version 3 of the Orion II 566 is now ready for download.
>
>
> Is anyone going to sell a box which converts the discarded receiver
> boards into receivers?
>
> Geoff.
> --
> Geoffrey S. Mendelson, N3OWJ/4X1GM
> My high blood pressure medicine reduces my midichlorian count. :-(
>

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