[Xastir] SDR-CUBE

[Jason Rausch]

The other Jason said:

> The price is approaching impulse-buy level.  If I had
> time for yet
> another project, I might have pulled the trigger.  As
> it stands, I'm
> waiting for someone else to go first. :)

Yeah, I am THIS close to making a trip to Best Buy this weekend and buy one.  It's pretty cool, even as is and the price is right.

Jason Rausch - KE4NYV
RPC Electronics, LLC
www.rpc-electronics.com


--- On Mon, 9/27/10, Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Jason KG4WSV <kg4wsv at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Xastir] SDR-CUBE
> To: "Xastir - APRS client software discussion" <xastir at lists.xastir.org>
> Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 2:13 PM
> On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 12:28 PM,
> Curt, WE7U <curt.we7u at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > Anyone know about them, particularly whether you could
> run Xastir on it?
> 
> This is the device that triggered my message of a few days
> ago about
> "ARM systems".
> 
> This thing is evidently a chumby device, if that means
> anything to you.
> 
> I went by BestBuy and fingerprinted one, but I think it was
> busted (I
> couldn't get past the "select a wireless network"
> page).  Can't really
> hold that against it, with it being a display model. 
> If you look for
> it in the store, look near the Sony Dash "personal internet
> viewer".
> 
> It did have a 5V input, so it should be fairly simple to
> power it in the truck.
> 
> The motherboard is in the base of the L-shaped case.
> 
> the touchscreen is the resistive type, which means a matte
> layer on
> top of the screen.
> 
> The price is approaching impulse-buy level.  If I had
> time for yet
> another project, I might have pulled the trigger.  As
> it stands, I'm
> waiting for someone else to go first. :)
> 
> -Jason
> kg4wsv
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