Hey Yuri:

Congratulations. Great start.

Outside of stainless steel looks great, and as we all know there's nothing
like cold rolled steel for good emc control, ruggedization (smacks of MIL
STD 810)and the steel could also be used for conduction cooling the PA to
eliminate fan and fan noise.

Overall I believe the "dream package" needs a little "miniaturization".

Big flat color LCD screen is fine, big fat tuning knobs are great too,
especially good for us old timers with dimming eyes and waning fine motor
control. By now most have mastered the keyboard so I approve...

But... radio/cpu chassis could be smaller, with today's technology y'all
should be able to fit everything but the power amp inside the keyboard.

Now that you've got the outside done, it's on to the tough part... the
insides!

Most, but not all, of the innards can/should be "integrated" these days.

Plunk down a MIPS 64 core or two, run em with real time Open Source Linux to
keep expense down, throw in a couple of SHARC DSP's, 24 bit ADC/DAs, and a
couple of those big Xilinx FPGA's and there's nothing between you and
success but software!

;-)

Good luck, I wish I had the time to help ya'll with the Dream, but I'm too
busy now getting baby into the air...

Best wishes on The Fourth from another who has also adopted the USA as his
own. Thank you USA for all the sacrifices you have made over the years to
keep the world free!

--
Peter K1PO
Indialantic By-the-Sea, FL




"Yuri Blanarovich" wrote in message
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Howdy radio aficionados,

On this July 4th we are pleased to reveal the packaging and engineering
prototype of Computeradio "Dream Radio One". It features stainless steel
cabinet which will fit in the carry-on luggage, color LCD display,
ergonomically designed controls (large tuning knob, key/paddles, foot
switches
yet to come) with two top notch ham band receivers, transmitter, spectrum
analyzer/recorder with general coverage receiver in modular packaging with
user
programmable software.
You can peek at the picture of the system at http://www.computeradio.us/

Happy Independence Day and let the Freedom Ring!

Yuri, K3BU.us