With the various talk and efforts toward multiple SDR-1000's
all being driven form a single machine I think that it would
be nice to be able to buy a simpler monoband board stack
version of the SDR-1000 (perhaps call it the SDR-1000MB??).
Essentially make a simpler board to put on the stack to
replace the BPF/PA and RFE boards. Or perhaps more accurately
combine the functionality of those two boards into one. This
single board however would not bandswitch for different bands
but instead would be set up with a single frequency range in
mind (or use plug-in filters perhaps). This new monoband
board would still provide low level TX out and RX gain just
like the BPF/PA & RFE boards do now.
I would envision such a configuration being somewhat popular
with VHF+ transverters users who want to have 4, 5, 6 or more
of them dedicated as drivers for their transverters. I would
think that such a SDR-1000MB configuration could be marketed
for something in the $400-500 region including a case. At
that cost the idea of dedicating a small fleet of these
SDR-1000MB's to transverter use would be very compelling and
down right competitive cost wise to those all bands in one
box radios. This especially true once you factor in how much
more capable this fleet of SDR-1000MB's and transverters
would be than the typical all bands in a box radios are
today.
Thoughts?
Duane
N9DG
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