I get the "green" emphasis, but part of me wonders "why" when it comes to a transceiver. Yes, I do understand SOTA, POTA, IOTA, and the other OTA's and I indeed hope to be a part of that this summer, but is that why we are so obsessed with current draw? If the idea is an xcvr that you can throw in the trunk for a vacation trip, if it draws 3A on xmit, why isn't that acceptable? The SDT Al and I are working on draws 0.7A on receive, but to me that's acceptable for a receiver with a 5" display. Where's the balance point between the feature set and power consumption? Clearly, whatever that balance point, it's going to be different based on your planned use.
Jack, W8TEE
On Tuesday, June 1, 2021, 8:01:39 AM EDT, Bob Benedict, KD8CGH <rkayakr@...> wrote:
There is an effort to port the code to a Pico Pi which has dual cores and much better capabilities, but is still a controller and much less power hungry than other Pi models. /g/ucx/message/6950 -- ? 73 ??? Bob? KD8CGH
