[time-nuts] Parts Selection

[John Miles]

That's my vote as well.  Can do it, have done it, will do it again, but only
for things that are interesting enough to spend the time on.  In other
words, no, I would not build a kit that replicated functionality available
in cheap surplus gear and was not otherwise technically interesting.

For instance, I built a PICTIC II even though I didn't 'need' one, because
it was interesting to get hands-on with an interpolating TIC.

The systems integrators, as Jim puts it, are going to inherit the earth, and
that's as it should be.  Life is too short to turn your basement into a
one-person Chinese sweatshop.  Meanwhile, the value offered by preassembled
eval/development/training boards can be considerable.

-- john, KE5FX


> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com]On
> Behalf Of William H. Fite
> Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 11:57 AM
> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parts Selection
>
>
> Have I?  Yes
> Could I?  Yes
> Would I?  For the kind of project mentioned, hell no.  Life is too short.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
>
> > Hi
> >
> > For the sake of the poll, let's assume that the project does
> not break any
> > new ground. It's as good as what you could buy, but not significantly
> > better
> > than that. Put another way, would you do this as an alternative
> to buying
> > something?
> >
> > Bob
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> > Behalf Of Geraldo Lino de Campos
> > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2011 2:40 PM
> > To: time-nuts at febo.com
> > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Parts Selection
> >
> >  My answers:
> >
> > Done it in the before - yes.
> >
> > Done it in the basement / last 2 years - yes.
> >
> > Set up to do it in the basement - yes.
> >
> > Would I buy one - depend on the specs - if better then 5370, yes.
> >
> > Would actually do it in a reasonable amount of time - unlikely.
> >
> > --
> > ------------------------------------
> > Geraldo Lino de Campos
> > geraldo at decampos.net
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