Hi Russ,
I am not sure about the ship date yet.................our
software person still needs to free up from the big project before he can
work on this one. And yes, this unit will have a mechanical power switch.
I've got a Drake SW8, and although it is a fun receiver, I really hate that
soft power switch. The manufacturer must have thought people would have the
unit plugged in all the time It is going to be a good receiver.
If this project takes off the way I hope it will, I would also like to do a
general cover version of the receiver. The Rx circuit will be the same, with
the exception of switchable band-pass filters for the front end, and of
course, a different synthesizer topology. If that comes to pass, I will
probably use a hybrid DDS/PLL design.

Pete

"radiok3pi" wrote in message
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This is all very exciting Pete.
Wonder if the mechanical on/off switch made it to the final design?
Also, are you willing to hazard a guess (realizing of course that
other projects could change it) as to an approx. availability date?

really looking fwd to it!

73 Russ K3Pi