[1000mp] RE:FTDX9000D

[w3sz]

HI, Duncan et al,

I have been very interested in this project [CDG2000] since it first  
appeared.  In fact, it is why I joined the RSGB, so I could get RadCom and  
thereby the project articles.  I have kept my membership since the series  
finished because of the regular column "Technical Topics" by Pat Hawker,  
G3VA, which is the only radio column in any magazine I rush to read each  
month when it arrives.  Pat's column is consistently superb in its subject  
matter and his treatment of it.  As long as Pat keeps writing, I will  
continue to belong to the RSGB ;)

It is too bad no one has seen fit to do a 'kitting' of the CDG2000 such as  
was done over here with the DSP-10, another project with a similarly  
daunting procurement profile.

I have been put off from building the CDG2000 because of the nightmare of  
parts procurement.

But if some one or some organization put together a kit as was first done  
privately and then by TAPR for the DSP-10, I would leap at the chance to  
build and own a CDG2000.  I know that the boards and some 'hard-to-find'  
parts are available, but those items only scratch the surface of what is  
needed to build the CDG2000.

Maybe you can convince one of the principals of the project, or the RSGB,  
or another interested party to do a complete kitting of the CDG2000.

If so, let me know!

73,

Roger Rehr
W3SZ

On Mon, 04 Jul 2005 12:17:59 -0400, Duncan Clark <1000mp at genesys.ltd.uk>  
wrote:

> "The CDG2000 has an IP3 in the region of +40 dBm. This performance is  
> maintained for close in signals but degrades slightly for CW signals  
> with an offset of less than 2 kHz due to the post roofing filter  
> amplifier. It has an IP3 dynamic range of 113dB."
>
> Who needs an FTDX9000D?
>
> http://www.warc.org.uk/cdg2000/The%20CDG2000%20Transceiver.htm
>
> Duncan



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W3SZ
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