I get my boards back in seven days to my front doorstep from China. Three or four times already.

Altium is a well respected tool. If I had an employer spending $10k to buy Altium (or spend $325/month to rent it), I'd probably use it at home for hobby projects too. But I'm retired, and spending

Hello, If it is a homebrew building, may you put some pictures. I like to see personal achievements. cdt

Farhan etc i know of a group of desingers and fabricators who have used this very intensely professionally and for ho me construction alike https://www.altium.com/ 73 Andy GM0NWI

I found this in the version 4.3 code from Ashhar Farhan: ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ // the second oscillator should ideally be at 57 MHz, however, the

Print the gerbers to a transparancy. Though with the cheap PCB fab options we have nowadays, your best option may be to email those gerbers off to China and sit on your hands for a couple weeks. Two

There are folks using Kicad at CERN where much of it was developed to better suit their needs. I'd count them as some awfully high level hobbyists. It can take time to figure out any PCB layout

But how do you get from a file in the PC to an etch resist on the bare PCB? 73 DE GARETH G4SDW AR K

Hello to group. I have built and calibrated a homebrew Raduino. Works all OK I would like to built it into a homebrew TXR I am constructing. My TXR has an IF of 72 Mhz, not 45 Mhz as per the

Using Eagle cad. Paid for license. This is a very potent piece of software. For professional use. Yes, for hobby application KiCad is fine. The are a couple of free cad software available on the

Gerard, it appears it is possible to import a PCB image into KiCAD and use it to create a new layout by using Bitmap2Component tool. I haven't done it myself but here is a thread that discusses

I used the pcb express free tool for a while. Then I switched to kicad. It has a bit of a learning discipline (you cant layout unless you have drawn out the schematic first, etc.). My only complain

Hello, Several decades ago, we made a PCB with a pen, then pellets and tape. Today we can make a nice PCB with software. I used simple free software, where you have to connect all the tracks manually

I cannot speak to the B version but the A version should not have more then about 3 watts. Sincerely, Frank Krozel frank@... BSEE, AASEET, FCC Lic.# PG-18-19178, KG9H Electronic

Gary, Is it possible to remove the Raduino and display from the case and connect to the USB port on your computer without the mainboard? The Raduino should powerup and the display should show the

Thanks yes I did. I took the digi board completely out of the loop. If I put the original nano in the radio acts as a normal v 4 ubitx. I can't figure out why these replacements won't work?

Somewhere I read that after some changes were made, the V6 had to be turned off and back on for the changes to take effect. I think there was a few seconds delay in turning it back on required (in the

You would need to key the V6 on the freq you want to operate long enough for the tuner to go through the tune cycle. Otherwise, there should be no problem using it with the V6... I am getting ready to

Gary, Did you try powering up the rig without the USB connection to the Nano from the digi board? There may be an issue with the digi board. 73 Evan AC9TU

Sometimes you see a Hotwater-8 or an HW7 (the -8 is more common) at a big hamfest going for $50-$125, depending on condition. They are usually bought for nostalgic purposes since in their heyday, they