Having seen Farhan's great news that the uBitx is finally here and available for order I am now eagerly awaiting mine to make its way from India. I am hoping that it will be here before the end of the festive season and that I might have the chance to get mine on air before returning to work. My mind is already running wild with ideas for modifications and hacks (after much fun experimenting with the Bitx40), but I guess I should get the vanilla version working first before I make too many changes. I am going to document everything on this blog and also add some of the useful ideas I pick up from elsewhere. Some initial mods posted by Arv K7HKL: Adding a rear panel switch to change the RF PA voltage from 12 volts to a higher voltage. The power connector has 3 leads (Ground, Radio, and PA) to facilitate this mod. What it does require is a 3-conductor rear panel power connector, or maybe two power connectors with one being 12V and the other being higher...
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