Hmmm, I thought it "right in line."

If such equip. was adopted, then just as with computers, you could
buy/cut/etch a "card" with the expectation it could be inserted right into
the bus of that radio and function, taking on responsibilities--for say an
audio amp (just as that EXACT capability exists with a computer bus)....

Indeed, this idea does NOT bypass homebrewers, it encourages them and
provides them MUCH more opportunity to participate in constructing their own
equip.... I see it as EMPOWERING homebrewers--far from the opposite!!!

Indeed, if some were as gifted as all that, they need only buy the case and
some foil boards/components--when they emerged from the basement--I'd expect
to see a radio of their OWN design in their hands!!!

Warmest regards,
John
--
When Viagra fails to work--you are DOOMED!!!

"Michael Black" wrote in message
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| Roy Lewallen ) writes:
| Mike Coslo wrote:
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| Yoiks, Roy! That was a little caustic wasn't it?
|
| - Mike KB3EIA -
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| I do tend to be that way. And because of the couple of negative comments
| about my posting I've thought it over a fair amount to see if, on
| reflection, I think it was out of line.
|
| But I don't think so, unless I mininterpreted what "John Smith" said.
| What he seemed to be saying is that he has this great idea, and the only
| reason it's not being impelemented is that *the other people* are too
| lazy to do it.
|
| As one of the "other people", I find it kind of insulting. Do you really
| think his is a valid point of view, that everyone else should jump up
| and implement his great idea, while this anonymous person's job is to
| tell us what we should do?
|
| I really do think that a caustic comment was appropriate.
|
| Roy Lewallen, W7EL
|
| He gave the impression of being someone who'd been here before,
| though at least it wasn't cross-posted to the UK newsgroup.
|
| It just struck me as "well what's it doing here?". This newsgroup
| isn't about commercial equipment, though we seem to have a slow
| slide to where such things do appear here. Yet the poster seemed
| to be talking about commercial equipment, and whether or not
| that was the point, making your own equipment shouldn't be quite
| about building a copy of something someone else built.
|
| Had he posted in rec.radio.amateur.equipment I think perhaps
| the tone of the response should be different. But here, at
| the very least it should be a discussion of modularization rather
| than subject header that is bound to alienate, and an expectation
| of how things should be.
|
| The talk of modularization, which seems better fitted to radio
| than "plug in boards", has been discussed quite a bit over the years.
| But of course, rather than some universal system (which has had
| some articles in the ham magazines) the focus has been on breaking
| things down to smaller portions so you can experiment, or you
| can change things without having to change everything. And yes,
| solid state devices, because of their small size, low price and
| even function allows a better implementation. When you can
| switch with DC it is much easier to do modularization than if
| you have to have everything hanging off a bandswitch.
|
| Michael VE2BVW
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