Re: Here's hoping for QMX+ v2
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I wouldn't be too concerned about Hans workload. Think about it. He has over 10,000 QCX-and-family radios out there and they all work "right out of the box". This includes the "standard" QCX, the "mini" QCX, and now the QMX. The father of the QMX was at the YOTA conference in Africa in 2018. Why the 7-year lag? Because Hans doesn't release a product until he's convinced it's bullet proof. He front-loads the hardware/software work before he releases it, which means he doesn't need to do much in the way of support/debugging after the sale. Is he working on a QMX version with a touch display? Personally, I doubt it because it would be such a large departure from his low-power consumption transceivers. He is the King of the QRP-CW pond with a price-point that's damn near impossible to beat. The QMX might be his only foray into the SSB end of things. I don't see him jumping into the G90, FX-CR4, ?SDR, and sBITX pond. As Mel Brooks said once: "It's good to be king." Jack, W8TEE
On Thursday, April 10, 2025 at 09:34:17 AM EDT, va3rr via groups.io <va3rr@...> wrote:
zBitx current on receive is 300mA, so I tend to agree with you, Jerry. OTOH, the QMX is my preference for portable work due to it's smaller form factor compared to the QMX+.? I'd be concerned about Hans workload if he had to support coding for 2 different styles of display, and all the change requests that would follow... 72 de Russ, va3rr On Thu, Apr 10, 2025 at 09:18 AM, Jerry Gaffke wrote: > For portable use, doing everything through the front panel and and the small > display there keeps power requirements low. |
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