Comments on: BITX20 status

By: Joost

Joost — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 16:49:18 +0000

I think that I have seen your enclosure via the Yahoo-group. I’m planning to build me a frequency counter with a small 1×16 character display and a PIC.
But last months I made no progress. Have to wind the trifilar transformator and the finals…

By: Tom N2UHC

Tom N2UHC — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 20:50:00 +0000

Looks good so far. I built one last year and really enjoy getting on the air with it, as I’m sure you will too. I built mine and put it into an old CB enclosure, it can be seen at http://www.geocities.com/n2uhc_3/bitx20a.html. I highly recommend using some kind of frequency display with it. Hendricks has a neat one called the Digital Display, which is simple but made almost entirely of surface mount parts.

By: Joost

Joost — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:01:39 +0000

It is not finished yet. Have to wind the VFO coil (50 turns on such a small core) do the bi- and trifilar windings, acquire material for assembling the heatsinks to the pa, …..
The kit is waiting in a empty ice cream box om my desk, I see it everyday and almost everyday I say to myself that I have to finish it

Joost

By: Neil G7AQK

Neil G7AQK — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 12:53:03 +0000

Looks like a nice neat kit. I have heard a lot about this transceiver from the soldersmoke web site.

Have you managed to finish it yet and try it on the air?

Neil