Vince I suggest pacing yourself as you plan your adventure. I have an off-center fed dipole I have used portable - it does require a matching network to use. There are other antennas to consider,

Vince, If you are interested in CW (Morse Code), the QRP Labs QCX+ is a good choice. If you intend to go backpacking, the new QCX-mini may be worth waiting for but the QCX+ will be easier to build

What I said previously was wrong: > The kit you pointed to is a much older single band design. Looks like the EasyBitx is a new kit, announced on July 1 of 2020:

Jerry Okay, what other accessories/items to order, would you suggest or recommend for this? Thinking in terms of a newbie to CW from this website QRP labs? In other words, should I order some other

Vince In general, cw kits tend to be more common. QCX plus is an amazing single band cw transceiver. Qrplabs also has other kits. In the US, qrpguys, qrpkits, 4stateqrp also have kits. Also kc9on and

Vince, I am reluctant to give a specific recommendation as I do not know what it is you want to do, and the price point you are willing to pay. Following are my ASSUMPTIONS about the EasyBITX, as I

Joel I am not quite silent key... But I have had health issues. I had a health scare at the beginning of 2019, that led to a delay in posting updates, but things returned to

Vince, Most people in this forum have a uBitx, good for all bands from 80 through 10 meters: https://www.hfsignals.com/ The kit you pointed to is a much older single band design. I'd guess well

Group Would this be a good online store to purchase https://amateurradiokits.in/store/easy-bitxqrp-tvrbitx20bitx40/ and what would you select/recommend just getting started with a Ubitx kit for a

Group Would this be a good online store to purchase https://amateurradiokits.in/store/easy-bitxqrp-tvrbitx20bitx40/ and what would you select/recommend just getting start with a Ubitx kit for a

Thanks Allard Fixed my p-p v output problem. Another self caused problem. Now I can move on to learning about software for TX_DELAY. Wish me luck as my learning curve gets steeper. Hi 73 Ted

I started assembling my uBITx v6 kit but the main board would not align with the holes at the front of the case. What I found was the on/off switch /volume control was crooked on the board so I

Hi, The first SSB radio I had that used an audio filter to accommodate CW was a Ten Tec Argonaut 509. It also used audio derived AGC similar to the audio AGC kits used in the uBitX. That approach is

Here's an couple posts regarding various ways to add a narrow band filter for CW. https://groups.io/g/BITX20/message/71043 https://groups.io/g/BITX20/message/71134 Most of us would be happy

High five! I posted about the separate filter just before I read your post. It seems to me it would be more reliable. 73, Bill KU8H bark less - wag more

Hi Arv, uBitX uses the xtal filter for transmit and receive in the SSB mode but only in receive for cw operation. It isn't really trivial but not impossible to modify the SSB filter so it can

Since the crystal filters that most hams use now are built out of inexpensive commodity crystals, it's probably simpler to build a second CW-optimized filter and switch the entire thing out. Elecraft

Hi Vince, They are called state and national forests :) No lions or tigers here but plenty of bears, wolves, coyotes... 73, Bill KU8H bark less - wag more

The uBITX is a CW or SSB transceiver. Several digital modes are also possible. CW operations utilize a different circuit layout scheme than does SSB. The crystal filter is shared by both modes.

Hi Allard, Yes that is about what I calculated but I only read approx.. 6 v p-p on an oscilloscope with a 1x probe. Something is fishy, as I read a current draw of approx. 1 amp on LSB and a loud