[Premium-Rx] Compact Prem-Rx?

[Gary Geissinger]

Guys,

Mike is right, there are a bunch of very nice VME/VXI/etc cards and
small receivers.

I bought a used WJ-8712...it is about the size of a 1/2 rack Cubic.
While it doesn't have a front panel, it's easy to write a soft panel
program for.  These aren't too expensive when they show up on Ebay.  If
you have a choice, try to get a WJ-8712A.

Gary WA0SPM



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-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
[mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org] On Behalf Of mikea
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 3:04 PM
To: premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
Subject: Re: [Premium-Rx] Compact Prem-Rx?


On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 03:41:50PM -0600, Jerry K wrote:
> Ah, the gentle push of a padded glove... so much more refreshing than 
> the cattle prod approach used by the Neanderthal overseers of several 
> other lists I could name. Well done, Greg.
> 
> Now, an on-topic question:   Are the half-rack-sized Cubics pretty
much the
> only choice when it comes to compact size? And if so, what is their 
> reliability and performance track record and strong/weak points? I'm 
> sort of casting about for something less than 19" wide, and don't know

> of much out there. Unfortunately, I know diddly about Cubics, having 
> mostly Harris and Racal experience.

By no means. There are more than a few manufacturers who put out 
receivers-on-a-card, to plug into their proprietary card bay by the
dozen or two, remote controlled, with lotsandlots of neat 
features and decent (or better) sensitivity, IM3 numbers and so on. 

I just can't afford them. I can't even afford to think about them:
they're pricey. But they do exist, and I suspect that various TLA are
using them by the pallet-load.

-- 
Mike Andrews
mikea at mikea.ath.cx
Tired old sysadmin 

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