gb:

Well, we certainly need to examine the "bottle neck" and remove it... before
we are doomed...

If we can't institute this "radical" idea here, we need to look at Canada,
Mexico, So. America, China, India, etc...

When there are as many functional radios (or "cards") hitting the dumpster
as there are functional computers and related equip. (replaced with
upgrades) we will know the right idea has prevailed and radio has come
home...

I would think there must be some EXCELLENT argument/reasoning serving as a
road block, or else, others are simply going to pass us by...

John
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When Viagra fails to work--you are DOOMED!!!

"gb" wrote in message
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| "John Smith" wrote in message
| ...
| Decades have brought us moon landing, mars landings,masers, lasers,
lets,
| fets, mosfets, computers, etc...
|
| But the shape of radio equip. has remained virtually stagnant.
|
| One "innovation" would be to just copy what the IBM clone has taught us.
|
| Build a radio of "cards." Just like the computer, a standard case which
| you
| can plugin various power supplies, frontend board "cards", intermediate
| board "cards", buffer amp board "cards", IF board "cards", audio board
| "cards", xmitter board "cards", final amp board "cards", etc.... I
think
| you get the pic
|
| One radio case can/could virtually be any radio you can imagine.... new
| design in a frontend? Plug in a new front end "card", new audio
offering?
| Plug in a new audio board "card."
|
| Someone really should get off a dead duff somewhere and DO IT!!!!
|
| Your comments are interesting. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, the
| amateur market did begin down this road.
|
| Look at: The Heathkit SB-104(A) and the Yaesu FT-ONE. there were a
number
| of "lessons learned" from those experiences - but the "state of the art"
has
| also moved from "thru-hole" construction to surface mount.
|
| This concept is not unique to amateur radio, network equipment
manufacturers
| have gone back and forth between "chassis based" equipment and "appliance"
| at least 5 times over past 20 years. Each has their unique attributes,
| advantages and disadvantages ....
|
| w9gb
|
|