Just finished building the kit. The instructions and illustrations were very good and easy to follow. Assembly took less than an hour. I will be using this antenna on our yearly cabin trip coming up in July 2019. I will do some testing before then and publish the results.
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Here is my completed uBitx. It worked perfectly the first time I applied power. Well, except I had the encoder wires backwards so the tuning was backwards, but I don’t count that. The microphone, keyer and external speaker jacks are on the front panel. I plan to make custom knobs (red of course) on the lathe when I get time. There is a custom made heat sink on the back. It connects to a custom made piece of thick aluminum on the inside of the case where the final transistors mount. This view show power and RF connections. You can
Continue readingOak Hills Research WM-2 QRP Wattmeter – Part 5
Here is the completed WM-2 wattmeter. It took just a few hours to build over two days of my vacation. Things I like about it: High quality kit Easy to build Rugged Easy calibration Has internal 9V battery for field measurements Lowest scale is 100mW for those QRPP measurements Accurate Reasonable cost Things I don’t like about it: Well…..I can’t think of any at the moment.
Continue readingOak Hills Research WM-2 QRP Wattmeter – Part 4
Final assembly of the wattmeter went smoothly. Calibration is easily done using a digital volt meter.
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