[KLQRP] Knightlites meeting this Thursday!

[Gary Oneil]

Greetings Sir Lyn; 

        Indeed there's ample opportunity for all here. The plan is to 
gather a mish mash of ideas, prototype them up, select the most appealing 
of the lot... based solely on unanimous opinion, and perceived functional 
need, and integrate those that seem to add to the collective appeal and 
delight over what emerges. Success isn't a consideration... emphasis is 
teamwork and fun. If... in the end... we actually produce something that 
works... well... cool then. :-) 

        We don't have anybody coming up with a front-end pre-selector, RF 
pre-amp, amplifier/attenuator, or IF amp just yet. to name some of the 
basic functions. We haven't even decided whether this is going to be 
single, dual, or multi-band yet, nor whether or not any IF is/will be 
needed or desired. 

        We're trying to lean toward something that diverges a bit from 
where most folks are headed... but don't ask me what that means yet. An 
example of this might be to perhaps search for a wide-band op-amp that can 
be used at HF (or IF)... perhaps as a fixed or tunable RF BPF. There are 
some really low cost RFIC's now also... 50 ohms in,  50 ohms out, power 
and ground... that take KISS to heart. I don't know why hams don't make 
regular use of these. :-) A super simple VOX Tx/Rx switch might be a 
sought after feature. Architecting a packaging scheme is wide open also. 
Maybe some BITE (built in test equipment) ideas would become appealing 
features. 

        We starting with a PIC counter/display with VFO Huff-n-Puff 
stabilizer, but perhaps there's room to integrate other control functions 
as well... a keyer perhaps. I'm not sure how much we can pack into a PIC 
just yet. 

        I recommend that you make the pilgrimage to QRPigOut Thursday 
night, and see how this is unfolding. It should be intense and fun chaos 
for all. 

72

Gary,  N3GO 

Regards;

Gary E. O'Neil
Nova x4  Usage & Applications
PPC Applications Engineering
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"Chris Waldrup" <kd4pbj at bellsouth.net> 
11/13/2007 08:44 PM

To
"Lyn Williams" <WA4GEH at EmpireQ.com>
cc
Gary Oneil/Raleigh/IBM at IBMUS
Subject
Re: [KLQRP] Knightlites meeting this Thursday!






Hi Lyn,

I am copying N3GO on this.  If there is any block left he will know. 
Thanks 
for your offer of help!

Chris


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyn Williams" <WA4GEH at EmpireQ.com>
To: "Chris Waldrup" <kd4pbj at bellsouth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2007 9:03 AM
Subject: Re: [KLQRP] Knightlites meeting this Thursday!


>>  and several of us have picked circuit blocks that we are responsible 
>> for.
>
> any left?
>
> or need pcb layout?
>
> lyn
> wa4geh
>
> 



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