I¡¯m planning on a 6 x 3 x 1.5 inch heatsink mounted with a brace and not changing any lead length on the fets. Leave them as is with mica TO-220 insulators and compound. ?I will work on cleaning up the output. Case fan too. The mike amp circuit needs some work as well. A Pelican case with a thin plywood front panel till I get everything worked out. Aluminum later. On the plus side receive is great. Not much output as stock on ssb even with a powered microphone. CW output is good. I have seen some if the posts about mike preamp resistance changes too. At least it¡¯s in the case and mounted. Heatsink is on the way. The Bitx 40 is almost done too.
