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Now You See It; Now You Don't

Remember the old days when you could buy software and they gave you a permanent copy of the files on a shrink-wrapped CD? It was primitive, but at least you knew what you were getting, and you could rest assured that your new purchase would remain in your cupboard until you or one of your heirs decided to throw it away. The new service-based Internet was sold to the public as a convenience, but under the surface, it made consumer decisions even more complicated and challenged our assumptions about what it even means to "buy" or "own."

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Re: OpenWebRx, Airspy r2, Raspberry Pi 4

1 Giugno 2026 ore 11:01
I have recently switched to using an Intel NUC i5.
When compared to the price of a new R-Pi 5, there was no contest and the performance is much better.  The NUC is around twice the physical size of a cased R-Pi and about half the price of a R-Pi5 4Gb.
A good used NUC i5 (or i3) can be had on the famous auction site for not too much money.
If you shop wisely, you can get one with 4 or 8Gb RAM and a 120Gb SSD, most are without a PSU, but a suitable laptop PSU will work fine (they will run from 12v - 19v).
I struck lucky and got a 'barebones' NUC5i5 for under £20 (20GBP) delivered as I had a suitable 4Gb stick of RAM, 120Gb SSD and PSU from a dead laptop - winner!

Nigel, G4ZAL
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