On Nov 15, 6:09�pm, Mike Coslo wrote:
wrote in news:b28e915f-9e45-44eb-b787-ba7d8ef21e44
@w73g2000hsf.googlegroups.com:

Occasionally, I see comments/complaints that "nobody builds anymore"
or that "you can't homebrew really good equipment" etc.

Too often! I don't really think it is correct either. I look around my
shack and garage and most of my stuff is homebrew. My entire hobby is more

about making things than it is operating. I haven't built my own Xceiver
yet tho'.

Apparently this amateur hasn't gotten the word:

http://www.arrl.org/qex/2007/11/drent.pdf

Looks like it should be a really nice unit with good performance.
Good for him, and I'm going to follow this one!

As I opined in my 'invisible' posting: It looks like a very nice pre-
production prototype. Production versions would be about $3K each
or so.

In addition: Cornell Drentea has an interesting AOL home page. Over
35 years as a pro in the RF business. One should be able to believe
his specifications.

73, Len AF6AY