I had a lot of fun showing off the BitX40 at this local ham fest
at the WCARES table.
I did it just as an excited advocate of this fun and quirky
little radio, and also to rehearse for presenting it at the
Nashville Mini Maker Faire.? It is a great kit for the maker
movement, and I will also promote the ARRL at the maker faire.?
Today's rehearsal went very well, the hamfest was well attended.?
I passed out over 75 flyers I made from text on the
website, and inspired at least a dozen hams to buy the kits and
join us in the fun.? What was surprising however was the number of
hams that came to the table and said that they already had the
BitX40, or two of them, or it just arrived! Every one of them said
it was a fun radio!? In WCARES we have over 10 on the BitX mailing
list and at least that many who are ordering and building the
BitX.?
A Boy Scouts troop visited and were very excited about the rig.
I gave away 8 3D printed microphone holders that I made from a
Thingiverse STL file.
W4DML and KC4LRR showed off their BitX radio builds, and I had
two of mine to show as well.? I also built a display in a shadow
box that was well received.? That box housed my third BitX
purchase.? Finally I had a BitX40 still in the box and DHL pouch
that I showed to reveal that all of the parts on the shadow box
were included, and explained the shipping from India.? That is my
fourth BitX40!
Many thanks to Ashhar Farhan, VU2ESE as a part of Paradigm
E-commerce Pvt. Ltd for the service to the ham community by making
this fun radio available for a great price, and giving a
livelihood to those building the boards.? An important part of my
presentation is to echo the text from the website:
HF Signals is founded by Ashhar Farhan,
VU2ESE as a part of Paradigm E-commerce Pvt. Ltd to encourage
people all over the world to get more active in amateur radio,
analog electronics and self-learning. Building and modifying
radios is a great education. Lack of access to elmers and and
radio builders' community, absence of test equipment : all
impede the spread of homebrewing. With the BITX40, we hope to
recover that ground and encourage more and more people to get on
air, modify, experiment, build and learn.
Dave, KI4PSR
WCARES, Brentwood TN
On 7/18/2017 4:33 PM, Dave Matthews
wrote:
Greetings BitXers,
The Nashville and Middle Tennessee HamQuest is on the 29th, and
WCARES has a booth there.? I have offered to set up a BitX
display and will be on the air with some 40M hamstick or
something.? I welcome all to show off your BitX build in
whatever state it is in, W4DML and I will have ours there, mine
will be operating.
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Breakfast and coffee
available directly adjacent to venue.
Arrive
early for best deals!! ?
Bring exact change for quick entry: $5.00
Talk-in frequency: 147.105 + 156.7
This display is going to be used again, I have filled out the
application to have a booth at the Nashville Mini Maker Faire,
showing the BitX radio with hacks and cool enclosures, a ham radio
GOTA station, and a display of the 3D printed BitX radio parts.
If I get approval we will have a chance to show the maker
community the BitX radio and get folks on the air.? Thanks to
Janise for the idea and inspiration.
Dave, KI4PSR
