Hi from Uruguay. It's amazing how these little rigs have renewed the motivation. I am participating in a small group of veterans and middle aged fellows that have modified the Pixie, (~500mW - CW) to include a 700 Hz filter. We've in the process of getting all the components at local stores, and began to solder. My own circuit board is already oscillating and amplifies audio. In the coming weeks we hope to finish it and put it on the air.?
Many of us don't have either an antenna to make it resonate with the little xcvr. We plan in the coming months to build a 5 W amplifier and several other projects (Noise Killer, Z-Match, loop).?
And the Bitx40 will be ?pretty much our next toy.
So, you can imagine the enthusiasm of renewed experience, friendship and learning. There is not only solder in those meetings , also some pizzas are usually in the afterhour.?
We have the great help of a tutor in the group ?and friend, who gives his best effort in his advice.?
I think this is amazing, how many people are actually getting into the nuts and bolts of these dandy little radios.? In these days of appliance operators, this I find a huge breath of fresh air!? And I might add.... in some cases actually learning something, maybe new to them for the first time! ?