It is still completely al-fresco, with all the guts exposed, but I got it on the air this morning. I was 17, running it through my CCI .1kW 100 watt amp to a tuned doublet. Four QSOs so far: HP3SAM, K5BM, N4ZUL, and II3WRTC.
The structure of the rig is basically BITX.
The blue boards you see are TIA boards developed by Todd K7TFC.
No major problems to report. I will try it out on 12 meters soon. The receiver was working well on that band.
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Dear Bill: I am very surprised you are able to properly drive your IRF510 at these high frequencies with that 2N2219A driver. When you get a chance please advise us if you made any changes to the standard BITX transmitter stages and how much power you get out of the 510...
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Walter in Orlando, FL
Good eye Walter. In this rig I am using an RD06HHF1 driven by the 2219A. Otherwise the circuit is right our of the BITX40 module. But in my BITX17 rig (from years ago) I just used the circuitry from the original BITX20, moving it all up to 17. 73 Bill
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