Hi Herb,
Thank you for the response. Regarding your statement "Did you check out the ttrftech GitHub repo that Larry referenced? Specifically . The schematics and firmware for the hugen clone that all the other clone manufacturer's are using is located there." This is actually not true, and is exactly the reason that I am looking to create a more transparent release of the hardware design. The schematic at the link you mentioned is for edy555's original design. So is the picture of the board. The boards that are in edy555's current designs at Nooelec, and the clone designs on Amazon are not using these schematics. They are all using the rev 3.x hugen79 design that can be found here instead. .
Additionally, these are not board designs, they are only schematics. A complete board design package would also include PCB layout files, netlists, bill of materials, etc. from an application such as KiCAD. It may be that hugen79 will not feel comfortable publishing this information, and I would understand that given that he is also selling it. My previous point was that the clones (at least the one I purchased) have already reverse engineered this information. They already have it. This means that the time is approaching where keeping this information hidden actually benefits the Chinese manufacturers more than the community supporting the real designers.
I would agree with the design of the year award recommendation. This design is a great contribution to hobbyists and ham radio enthusiasts everywhere, and I would like to see both designers rewarded for all of their work.
Dave
