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| spuddevans:
My local amateur radio club has built a 20m QRP (low power) transceiver, and I had volunteered to make a case for it, and I also turned up a couple of control knobs for it. So over a few weeks I managed to bend up a case out of ali, and, because this radio will be put on display in the club trailer which is taken out to many public events (the club is quite active in promoting amateur radio in the community) and will also be on display in the club "Shack" too, we wanted the "inner workings" to be on display. But what to do about the "Great unwashed" (the public) poking their grubby digits and bending/breaking the delicate workings? We decided to make a perspex cover that would protect while still allowing all the circuits to be seen. Anyway, enough of all this rambling, here are a few pics of the finished project. Front Panel view. Close up of my custom knobs. View of the perspex cover. (showing it all lit up blue. Oooooooooo) Display driver PCB and S-Meter PCB. View of the main PCB's. With ali lid (to protect the Perspex when carting it around. Another view of the top ali cover. Making the case and doing a tiny bit of wiring on this has sparked off a desire to build my own, and so I have got the 1st of the kits needed and have started welding it all together. Unlike this one, however, mine will be multi-band and will be a little higher powered, 20-25 watts instead of the 1-3 watts of this BitX txcvr. Thanks for looking in. Tim |
| AussieJimG:
That's a nice neat job Tim, did you weld the corners of the front and back panels? Jim |
| Jonny:
Nice job you can make one for me. Valve jobby would have been nice, bbc quality. |
| John Rudd:
Nice job Spud..... quite into ham radio myself from time to time, although I'm not licensed....2m is fun .... |
| raynerd:
Nice Tim. What kit is this? I've been meaning to get another rig setup after selling my stuff over a year ago. Chris |
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