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These are just things to think about.? I am making some presumptions here, based on the way I am interpreting emails I am seeing.? If any facts are wrong, I stand corrected.

The current 64-bit software seems to be reasonably complete, thanks to the good work of several individuals.? If I were to try and name them all, I would miss too many, so I won't try.? Thanks to you all for your hours of work.

The V4 is apparently some time in the future, as there appears to be several weeks of work to clear zBit orders before anything is done on the V4.

If I understand correctly, the only change from the present V3 to the future V4 is the change in the display from the older one to the new Touch 2.? The T2's pixel resolution is in portrait orientation, and this has to be changed to landscape.

One thing that might be worthwhile is to offer the V4 with different Pis, depending on the amount of RAM (2, 4, or 8 Gb) individual users desire.? I realize this option would have to be reflected in the pricing.? I would be willing to pay more for more memory.

Another thing might be to add the Synaptic utility and the link to the Pi software repository.? I would want to add Firefox to my V4.? I would want to add a few .PDF files I have created, and links to a few useful URLs.

Maybe some people would like to comment further.

Gerry Sherman

I think offering various RPi models directly from HF Signals would be a bit of a challenge and isn't really necessary.

The sBitx is sold as a havkable radio, with limited support after sale, the owner takes responsibility for the hardware/software with minimal support from HF Signals. That's my characterization, the actual terms are listed on the HFSignals.com website.

To stock multiple RPi models to include in the radio would require a more involved order/build process, I think the more practical answer is to make the RPi board easily replaceable by a ham with a screwdriver - as it currently is.

If all you want is Firefox and to store some PDFs, there's no reason to increase the RAM in the sBitx as currently supplied, at least that's my opinion.

The higher-res display is the big improvement, the radio itself doesn't really need more RAM.

Ken, N2VIP