I think everyone needs to take a deep breath and recognize a few things.
1) This is new product, and to expect military precision for its release does not seem reasonable, especially with a smaller firm. Think of releases by Elecraft, QRPLabs, ant of course the "Big Three"; they may state a release date but really that should be taken as the beginning of a date range.
2) Asher and his group have made a couple of important additions to the zBitx based on changes to the operating plans for the rig. This benefits the end user but takes some extra time to implement. Waiting a bit longer to get a more complete product?!? This sounds like a no-brainer to me.
3) Some of the processes involved cannot be sped up by "adding another man to the job"; in fact, it may slow down the process.
4) Gordon makes an excellent point here. Asher only took on 2) above because he felt it would be advantageous to us end users at minimum disruption of the manufacturing process and minimum delay to getting them into our hands. In doing so, he made the same sort of decisions that all manufacturers make. If he had been much earlier in the design process, a more powerful CPU may have been a better answer, but it is not practical at this point.
73 de Lee KX4TT
> On 03/10/2025 1:39 PM EDT Gordon Gibby KX4Z via <docvacuumtubes=
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> I’m somewhat incredulous that people would urge a complete redesign of a product that is potentially days away from shipping, likely already built. The only issue is how to manage upgrades, something that demonstrates some foresight!
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> I don’t think you redesign a product, even changing the chip set , when it is ready to market.
> Validation of such a radical change would substantially delay delivery of the product to those who have already paid for it
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> My 2 cents,
> Gordon kx4z
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