Today is the last day to order an XC-3006 6 Channel AMBE Vocoder. We’ve received 22 of the 25 orders required for an assembly run. We need 3 more to make the run.
If you are one of the 30 Kickstarter Backers and you haven’t received your discount coupon please email me.
Thanks,
Bryan K7UDR
NW Digital Radio team members will be presenting at The Northwest APRS Summer Gathering in North Bend (WA) on September 9th.
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Presentations will be posted on the web after the gathering.
Note: NW Digital Radio team members will not be presenting at TAPR DCC in St. Louis this year.
We get frequent inquiries about using the UDRCTM for DMR. The problem is, DMR requires a license from Motorola, the cost of which is prohibitive for the Amateur Radio market.
We all know of products that seem to indicate that it’s not really a problem, until it is …
The new supplier has shipped cases so we’ll fill all of our backorders this week.
The price has increased to $15 for new orders.
Thanks for your patience.
We received the first article from the new supplier and the design needs tweaking so that the tabs will assemble correctly. We have a new sample in process and I’l keep you apprised.
Just back from Orlando Hamcation. Nice to meet many of our existing customers and chat with some new ones.
The UDRX made it thru initial bring-up and I drove them to Oregon, while Portland was being slammed with snow. Jeremy has completed the updated Drivers and PLD code and shipped the first unit to Dennis for IQ audio and RF path analysis.
No significant problems were found at this stage.
I’ll be working on the PA and RX/TX switch while Dennis fine tunes the IQ/RF.
I’ve also been working with CMs and it looks like we’ll be be able to meet our production cost goals at this point. There is still ambiguity on the Heat Sink Extrusion and enclosure cost.
I’ll post approximately monthly as we continue to make progress.
Bryan K7UDR
The Pi cases were designed and supplied by Budd Churchward, WB7FHC. Budd laser cuts the acrylic at a local DIY cooperative here in Washington.
Over the holidays the coop moved and they’re not back on line yet so we are working on alternative suppliers. We should have a first article next week and will be back in stock mid February.
If you have a case on backorder or order one now with a UDRC-II, it will be shipped for free as soon as they arrive.
After dealing with component shortages and Holiday schedule, the UDRX pilot boards arrived this afternoon from our assembly house in Renton WA.
The boards now go into the lab for initial bring-up, then they will be split into 3 task groups:
There are a substantial number of relatively minor changes to the design, in addition to the major change in form factor to accommodate the switch to the R-Pi 3.
I will provide an update on our progress by Hamcation in Orlando next month, where the pilot units will be on display. There is still significant work ahead, before we can determine if the pilot run can move to production.
Thanks for your patience and support,
Bryan K7UDR
UDRX Assembled PCB
UDRX with Pi and PA
We will be closed the week before Christmas.
Orders received after 10am Pacific time on Friday December 16th will be shipped when we return on December 27th.
Thanks and Happy Holidays!
Bryan K7UDR
The UDRC-II has generated renewed interest in Digital Radio. We were recently approached by a local club that wanted to make a group buy, so we’ve put together a quantity discount program.
Buy 5 of any of our products (they don’t have to be all the same) and receive a 5% discount. Use coupon:
club5
Or receive 10% off on 10 or more. Use coupon:
club10
You must place a single order to one shipping address to qualify.
