I think you're wrong on several levels. First, the rig does work "right out of the box" without mods. Second, virtually all of the mods resulted from the desired to do "something better" than it currently did it. If you really expected to get a IC-7610 for $140, I've got a bridge for sale. Third, hundreds of us (thousands?) have played with both the hardware and software and not one has ever mentioned a problem with being near Kryptonite. Most of us simply enjoy tinkering with the radio. Fourth, I've purchased 5 BITX's and every one of them arrived in good order with no damage. (Perhaps there is something to this karma stuff after all.) Fifth, since your an expert in this area, perhaps it would be a more constructive use of your time to lend your expertise to improving the radio rather than taking the easy route of sitting in your arm chair and bitching about it.
Jack, W8TEE
On Sunday, June 17, 2018, 1:38:56 PM EDT, Ray Koster via Groups.Io <raykoster@...> wrote:
I am afraid that your first post is correct and you do need the skills of superman to do any mods to this piece of junk!!. If this is a modders delight rig then why was it built using SMT components? Why does it need to be modded and at the rate these mods keep coming in, there will be very little of the original rig left!!!. If this rig is that bad, then why was it released on to the market with so many faults on it? Has anyone bothered to see if this rig, after all the mod's have been done, still complies with their countries radio spec's? has anybody tried to take legal action against Hf signals for selling such a poorly designed rig that requires so many modifications to make it work?
You may well be asking if this guy has infact any of these kits!!! well I have two Bitx 40's both arrived smashed in the post and beyond repair and a Ubitx that also arrived smashed and is also in a doubtful state of repair. I would not dream of putting this Junk on the air and would doubt that any of these kits would ever work...i am not going to spend weeks looking for cracked components when I can build a lot better things with my time..I am an ex Electronic service engineer and also an ex college lecturer in the field of Electronics, Ex meaning I am now retired
