Reader Feedback
No Schematic
As a long-time ham (with more of
an inclination to the hardware than
the operating) with a taste for QRP, I
was delighted by the article in the
December 2004 Nut & Volts on the
Ramsey direct-conversion receiver.
Then I looked forward to the February
issue with the follow-up article on the
Ramsey QRP transmitter.
What a disappointment. It was
nothing but an anecdotal description
of the building process. Above all, no
schematic. That was nothing but an
article-length advertisement.
Bob Klahn
Via Internet
Sorry about the omission. Visit
http:// ramseykits.com/qrp for the
schematic.
Better Way to
Euphoria
Just read Mike Keesling's
February article on trying to
communicate with the com ports
through Basic. I think Euphoria is a
better way.
Euphoria is a very powerful,
simple, easy to learn, FREE (unless
you want bells and whistles) language
that has a lot of what Mike is looking
for. Maybe the graphics are not as
strong as he might like, but the ease
of programming, the power, the
ability to communicate with ports,
and a pretty hefty user forum that
usually has the answers should be
useful. Euphoria is for DOS, any
flavor of Windows, Linux, FreeBSD,
and even has been ported to some
embedded platforms. (www.rapid
euphoria.com/)
There might be some people
playing with BASIC Stamps who use
the language.
It's worth having Mike check it
out.
Jon
Via Internet
Compilers Compiled
On Page 6 of the March 2005
issue of Nuts & Volts, Brian Schmaltz
pointed out the omission of Liberty
Basic in a previous issue (February
2005). For an even more extensive
coverage of the Basic language go to
http://basic.mindteq.com/ where
you will find the description of 63
Basic compilers and, if available, links
to the respective download sites.
Duco W. Weytze
Via Internet
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