JC? Keep that Bitx17A .. it seems there will not be many more kits made.
BTW if you can get the 9 turn fine tuning air variable? out of an old UHF TV receiver ( typically can be made to tune 3-30pf? and less over the full 9 turns by cutting comps out and wiring the plates in parallel) you may be able to produce a non thermally moving VFO for that beast.? Australia killed off the Analogue network a while back and I had the opp. to examine the internals of some of these.?
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Timothy E. Fidler : Engineer BE Mech(1) Auckland , NDT specialist AINDT UT /RT3 , MT2 CB #2885,?
Telephone Whangarei?? 022? 691 8405
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Re: [BITX20] Personal Best Distance, SSB Phone #ubitx
I worked a station in Antartica from my QTH in Oregon, a distance of 10,455 miles, on a Bitx17A running 8 watts into a EFHW antenna. I have the QSL card to prove it!
Joel
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