Hi Jack, The production circuit boards just came in and it will take me a few days to get the kit line going with other things I am also needing to do. I hope to mail a quantity of the v8.3 kits on Monday of next week. (A number of pre-production v8.3 kits were shipped early in May.)
73, Tony KB9YIG ----- Original Message ----- From: Jack Brindle To: [email protected] Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 3:58 PM Subject: Re: [softrock40] Re: Lite+Xtall orders Tony; If I might ask, have all the v8.3 kits _without_ the Si570 been shipped yet? Just curious if it is time to start watching the mail. Have a great time at Dayton! On May 13, 2008, at 9:59 AM, Tony Parks wrote: > Hi Henk, > > Your v8.3 Lite+Xtall kit was mailed on May 9. Thanks for the kit > order and I hope you will have some fun with the kit. > > 73, > Tony KB9YIG > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: henkkeppel > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 11:57 AM > Subject: [softrock40] Re: Lite+Xtall orders > > Good morning Tony. > If not yet sent please convert my Lite+Xtall kit order to the version > 8.3. What is the additional payment? I pay immediately with PayPal. > 73, Henk, PA0KEP. > --- In [email protected], "kb9yig" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Good Morning All, > > > > Orders for the v8.0, v8.1 and v8.2 versions of the Lite+Xtall kit > > have gone well beyond the number of kits available. I would like to > > convert the excess orders to the v8.3 Lite+Xtall kit if it is ok > with > > kit buyers. I will contact people individually concerning orders > > beyond what I will be able to fill within the next few days. > > > > A v8.3 kit with synchronous QSD clocking is in the works that has > the > > same size board as the v8.1/v8.2 but provides a jumper option to > use > > either the CMOS version of the Si570 or the LVDS version of the > > Si570. The v8.3 kit will include the FIN1002 and all other parts > > that mount on the circuit board except the Si570 device. (If a CMOS > > Si570 is used on the v8.3 board, the kit builder will omit a > > resistor, the FIN1002 part, and will solder in a jumper wire.) > > > > The v8.3 Lite+Xtall kit should be available at Dayton time and the > > kit will be priced at $26 US/Canada and $27 for DX where mailing > > costs are included in each kit price. Included with each kit will > be > > four BPF kits to provide the band combinations 160m, 80m/40m, > > 30m/20m/17m, 15m/12m/10m. (Excess orders for a v8.0, v8.1, or v8.2 > > kits will not require any additional payment when converted to a > v8.3 > > kit.) > > > > Thanks and 73, > > Tony KB9YIG > > > > > - Jack Brindle, W6FB ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------
