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[Jeff Lane <jeffrey.lane@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By the way, here's the e-mail I got from the guy at Lazy Dog:

> Hi, Jeffrey!  Sorry about not answering sooner.  I've been pretty
> absorbed with the transmitter module development, which is going
> well.  The transmitter is designed to mount inside the receiver's
> enclosure, converting the receiver to a transceiver.  Installation
> will require only a small Phillips screwdriver to remove the front
> and rear panels from the enclosure.  No cutting, drilling or
> soldering will be necessary, and installation will take less than 5
> minutes.  Power output will be 5 Watts, all modes, all MF / HF bands.


> As for Linux, what you say is true.  The USB interface is provided by
> the microcontroller, which has an on-chip USB port.  Unfortunately,
> the microcontroller manufacturer doesn't provide drivers for
> operating systems other than Windows.  There may be a solution for
> that, but I won't have time to look into it until the transmitter is
> finished.

> 73,
> Pete Goodmann, P.E., M.S.E.E., NI9N
> www.garage-shoppe.com
> www.lazydogengineering.com
> Inconveniently located 110 km. from Radioville, Indiana

On 07/02/2011 12:49 PM, Jeff Lane wrote:
> Heya all,
>
> After having a really fun time Friday with Kamal playing with fldigi, a
> really cool new toy he wrote called Minimodem and being introduced to
> the mind-blowingly cool websdr.org, I'd mentioned a couple things I'd
> been looking at for travel purposes. Here's one of them:
>
> http://shop.lazydogengineering.com/IMPROVED-LD-1B-Software-Defined-Receiver-5354018.htm
>
>
> They have a niftly little SDR receiver and have plans for a QRP
> transceiver soon. I had e-mailed a couple times with someone from this
> place and while they only have Windows support, they seemed interested
> in getting Linux support as well. Maybe someone interested in coding a
> front end for an SDR would be interested in this...
>
> Anyway, just thought I'd share :-)
>
> Now back to sucking up the Newark Airport's wifi while I play a bit with
> WebSDR.
>
> 73 de Jeff



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