In this episode, Martin M1MRB / W9ICQ is joined by Leslie Butterfield G0CIB, Edmund Spicer M0MNG and Chris Howard M0TCH to discuss the latest Amateur / Ham Radio news. Colin M6BOY rounds up the news in brief, and this episode’s features is Bitx 40 Part One. We would like to thank Richard Langmead, 5B4AJG and our monthly and annual donors for keeping the podcast advert free. To donate, please visit - http://www.icqpodcast.com/donate News stories include:- Ham Radio Dummies Books for Schools and Libraries Ham Radio Clubs Encouraged to Innovate Cadet Radio Exercise BLUE HAM 2 Comments on ARRL Petition to Allocate New 5 MHz Band Disney Research Demonstrates Open-Air Wireless Charging Hamvention Field Trip NASA Launches Two CubeSats with Transponders St Patrick's Day 2017 Award Radio Hams Celebrate 2MT The ICQPODCAST can be downloaded from http://www.icqpodcast.com
Does the board come assembled or is it a surface-mount solder operation to build it? I looked at the kit online but I couldn't tell if it is assembled but I just plug things into it, or if I'll be soldering the whole thing. This is really neat. I like my 40m CW Pixie, but it picks up so much BCI and I am not very code proficient--and its a fixed frequency. But this has a LOT more potential.
All you have to do is plug in and wire the controls, jacks, etc..., and I believe, the VFO / DDS module. ...And of course, power.
All you have to do is solder some wires to the antenna jack, tuning knob, volume knob, power jack. You do not have to solder anything on to the board. I like the fact that it is not fixed to one frequency and it is ssb. Again, for $59, you can not beat it!
Its a great peice of kit! Once assembled functions great and can easily be modified in a ton of different ways. Also you can change voltage to finals for 20w out if you want to. The support group is great as well. More like a r&d department than anything else.
For Petes Sake.... sooooo much jabbering and so little about Bitx40. How about making the content match the title?
I bought one to play with and ended up using a seperate DDS. I have worked all around the EU from the UK on 5W..look on http://www.g3zps.com/Other.html The BITX20 yahoo group is vey helpful. Its a fun little rig ! Steve G3ZPS UK