Subj : Digital Radio Amateur Rad
To   : k9zw
From : N1uro
Date : Tue May 18 2021 10:08 am

Hello Steve;

-=> k9zw wrote to All <=-

 k9> NW Digital's DRAWS is pretty interesting  I have mine together (it is a
 k9> Raspberry Pi, a Pi HAT and software) and getting ready to solder cables
 k9> and fire it up.

 k9> Anyone else looking at this?

While I have several RPi units (that mainly stay in the original shipping
box) I've just seen way way too many cases where they simply do not hold up.
One guy in 9 land I know went through so many when he tallied up how much
he kept spending on replacements he finally broke down and got a nice
dell SFF PC for less than he spend on replacement Pis. 

If they had better fault tollerance that'd be one thing but I really don't
see them handling much of a load. I use one for as my 44-net router and
because they don't have much tollerance it also acts as somewhat of a 
circuit breaker against brute force crack attempts. It'll just lock up and die.

Just been my experiences with them and experiences shared by others. Some
have great luck with them. For a GO-kit they seem fine.

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