[Boatanchors] SDR unit

[Bill Cromwell]

Hi David,

Be careful what you wish for and all that...

There have been a lot of encouraging posts here so there is nothing for 
you to regret. Without this thread those encouraging words would 
probably not have been said. There really is no real reason other than 
personal choices to shun the newfangled. This *IS* the boatanchor list 
and presumably everybody here does like boatanchors to one degree or 
other. I have my share of them. And I use them.

I have been using soundcard DSP and other, standalone digital processing 
with the boatanchors. I have embedded some tiny little silicon bits 
inside boatanchors to keep them going when difficult or unobtanium parts 
were needed.

As for 'proprietary', 'obsolete', unavailable chips..you can program and 
build up your own 'proprietary' module to serve the needed functions. 
Look over the block diagrams and see what the dead bug used to do and 
then build a new module to do that job. Maybe you can do it better. 
Blank microcontroller chips can be had for pennies to a very few 
dollars. Adusted for inflation, compared to 1940s through 1960s dollars 
those parts are um... virtually free. Jump in with both feet just as you 
once did with vacuum bottles.

73,

Bill  KU8H


On 03/22/2014 08:02 AM, David Knepper wrote:
> I wish that I had not been the instigator of this thread on SDR
>
> However, I wonder how many "commentators" on this thread are still 
> viewing a black and white television,  cooking with a wood stove, or 
> hitchhiking to town?
>
> I suspect that no one under the age of 40 commented on SDR!
>
> Don't let time pass you by - get involved in your community, get a 
> pastime job or just get out of the house and away from the keyboard!
>
> Good day
>
> David Knepper - W3CRA/W3ST
> Collins Radio Association
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