Adrian
nice work!? sounds like the rig is working pretty well, nice on improving your speaker audio.? a few of us (me in particular) have stumbled a bunch ahead of you.? here is a sidetone mod developed by one of my fellow club members I highly recommend -- labelled CW Tone Amplitude Reduction.? (reminds me I still need to finish my write-up on using the VK3YE AGC mod).?
enjoy your journey with the uBITX.? nice to be part of a world-wide community.?
Curt