It's a mess, but I have my ?BITX working now. I wanted to get it working before I put it in a case which is why there's wires all over the place as I trimmed none yet. That will happen when I move it to a case, which will likely be the plastic case from Banggood. I just finished wiring it, so I haven't had a chance to really use it, but just tuning across the band it seems very sensitive. I'm using headphones so there's plenty of volume. The encoder appears to be optical (?) as there is
feel of detents when tuning. To all those who are waiting, it will be worth it!!
Jack, W8TEE
