To those who may still need to look at stuff on site after the shutdown, I can confirm that the Internet Archive does have the important parts of the page saved (thus acting as a sort of "static archive"). This dates from 2015, which was really the last time the site was updated save for security fixes:
MOBO BOARDS:
The old step-by-step build instructions are also available via I(
http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/mobo43/) which would be a useful resource to folks who have unbuilt MOBOs yet. This is also available via Internet Archive. This particular website hasn't been updated since 2010, which gives you an idea how long the trip's been :D
SDR-WIDGET:
SR63ng:
This was always Yoyodyne Consulting's baby, a set of gerber files, schematics, and BOM are available (
http://www.yoyodyneconsulting.ca/pages/SR63ng.html). I would take the word of availability through a third source with a grain of salt as pretty much THAT site hasn't been updated since about 2016.
For those who have the ORIGINAL RXTX6.3 (which the SR63ng was the spiritual successor)-- This site (
http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/RXTX_V6_3/) is still up (and is also available via the Internet Archive if it ever goes down) and should be used as the build-a-long guide. It should also be useful (with some minor mods, including not installing the old serial interface) for SR63ng users.
Now, this mailinglist won't go away (I don't manage it), just my
archive of documentation in an editable form--and there are multiple
reasons I'm relying on the Internet Archive, and not hosting a "parked"
version myself:
a) Pretty much the site has
been under perpetual attack since 2013, largely by cybercriminals trying
to probe for vulnerabilities and/or trying to post spammy links. I've
actually had to block three countries entirely due to being almost
entirely sources of abuse (something I do NOT like to do), have had to
block VPN and Tor users (again, something I do NOT like to do), install
captchas, etc. just to keep the site functional.
b) Pretty much
Drupal jumped two versions while Real Life interfered (in my case, a job
and professional certifications runs that took most of my free time) a few years back.
c) Some of the security tools I use to keep the spam down on the forums end simply don't exist in Drupal 7 or 8.
d) Some of the non-security tools to give the site the same functionality simply don't exist in Drupal 7 or 8.
e) Some of the basic PHP security tools I use are in transition (with one tool becoming semi-abandonware save for filter maintenance, and one tool still in development which is to be its spiritual successor)
f) Within the past 2 years I've not really noticed too many legitimate users attempting to join up on the site.
g) The Internet Archive actually has a good archive of the site before the spam-gangs started becoming a serious problem, which should be useful for folks who have uncompleted MOBOs and still have Widgets to attach.
h) I...really at this point am not *entirely* comfy anymore hosting a site on a deprecated version of Drupal (with a rather tricky upgrade path for essential security tools and even basic site theming compared to its prior upgrades) for a project where pretty much all the components have been unavailable for the past half decade, where some of the essential parts in the BOMs for said parts are actually EOL/EOS at this point and thus unavailable outside of maybe Ebay or Aliexpress, and which was state-of-the-art ten years ago but Technology Has Moved On with SDR transceivers since (including the Hermes kit, the HackRF One for QRPp interests, many others, etc.).
Now, if anyone actually wishes to maintain the contents outside the Internet Archive, I'll be glad to give you a tar.gz of the site contents, no user DB (honestly this should be a static site at this point) and I'll leave it to you to figure out how to upgrade to Drupal 8 gracefully :D For now, though, I'll let the Internet Archive handle the hosting of the "static" version. This way, I don't have to worry about someone potentially compromising the site via some PHP vulnerability or someone trying to break the site or hack it.
But yes, the info will still be available. Much like some of the tools to actually program the things, though, it'll be through the Internet's history archive.
Again, it's been real fun--and for those of you who still have unbuilt MOBOs out there, good luck, and enjoy a bit of the history of SDR experimentation. :D
-KI4QGJ