I was playing with my bitx build yesterday. Specifically, I tried to add CW to the rig. Original bitx20 is a SSB rig. I my mod was inspired from PY2OHH bitx40. I wired up a 10mhz crystal oscillator as shown below. The idea is to inject 10mhz ( approximately) at the beginning of transmitter IF… Continue reading Adding CW to bitx
Most of the home brewers and electronics hobbyist see fabricating a PCB as a roadblock . I will describe an alternate approach to circuit construction where you need only bare copper clad sheet. This method is some times called Manhattan method.( I don’t know the reason.) The basic ingredients you need for this type of… Continue reading Manhattan Style construction for Hobbyists