[GreenKeys] Volpe board help...

[Jordan Spencer Cunningham]

I've been keeping it a bit quiet as my time hasn't been open enough to work
on it very much, but I suppose since the topic came up, I'll let the group
know I have been considering funding a manufactured run of Eric's board
design in the next 6-8 months. My plan is to take orders from any
interested GreenKeyers (I think I could get at least 25 or more based on
the interest I've found just talking to people individually the past 6
months) and then add 25-50 extra boards so we can get an even lower cost
and I can distribute to latecomers hopefully for a couple of years until my
supply runs out. Based on my research, I think I should be able to get the
cost fairly low (around $25-$50). I'd be willing to arrange the bulk
purchase of other external components like power supplies to help reduce
costs for any interested parties, too.

However, if Eric is up to the task, I will bow out and let the master do
his work as this design is his genius, after all.

--Jordan

On Mon, Sep 17, 2018 at 4:27 PM Ralph Irish <w8roi at wowway.com> wrote:

> *Maybe it is time to take some kind of poll and see if it might be
> worthwhile for Eric Volpe*
> *to make another run of his products.  They are  NOT  something that one
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> *consider making a half dozen of.  If the count got up into the 'several
> dozen range', or a*
> *bit over 50, he might consider another run of the items.*
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> *I would take a pair of them or even two pairs to help the count grow.  I
> would also be willing*
> *to pay in advance and  NOT  sit, tapping my foot until they arrive.  Such
> an activity needs*
> *time, and whatever that timeframe is would be the waiting time for all.*
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> *How about it, Eric?  How many tentative and certain orders would it take
> for you to 'tool up'*
> *again and make another run? *
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> *Thanks, by the way, for the last run.  I got a pair of the items then.*
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> *Ralph - W8ROI*
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> *Hi!Was wondering if there was anyone out there who could help me build a
> Volpe board ;o ?  I’m ok with simple circuits, but bad with complex :/ (and
> don’t want to fry my teletype ;p ).  Over the past four to five months,
> I’ve been trusting the building of the board to a local, young ham - the
> wunderboy, as I call him ;p … really good at circuits.  I bought him a
> bunch of tools, clean boards, acid, etc… he etched three boards (he’s
> hoping that he measured everything out right), has a part list, but that’s
> all the further he’s ever got ;o … he just started college and - I admit,
> even though it’s a volunteer job - he has admitted himself that he’s been
> procrastinating.  I would really like it to get done - so that I can
> finally hook it up to my computer, communicate on it with Jordan Spencer
> Cunningham and maybe someday even receive NWS bulletins over it, but for
> now ;o ...Anywho, I’m itching to grab the boards from him and try to find
> someone else who can complete it.  I’m thinking about looking locally first
> with some other hams, but if all else fails, would anyone here be willing
> to lend a hand ;o ?  I’d pay for all the components to be shipped, along
> with any additional fees that one would like.  Been a little frustrated
> with the progress thus far - partially due to my shortcomings, but hope
> that someday the job can get done :) .  Please contact me directly if it’s
> a possibility ^_^ ~Thanks much in advance ^^
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