Well guys, I have my uBitx v3 about where it's going to stay at least for the time being. ?I still may do a few things to it but at this point I'm just enjoying operating with it. ?Would like to get it on FTP one of these days but I still need to look into what I have to do for that to happen. ?I've had 22 QSOs in the last week with it. ?My furthest SSB Phone QSO has been to Belgium on 20m @ 3934 miles. ?Not bad for QRP radio and a home built end fed wire 44' long and only 10' off the ground. ?For now my IC-7300 has taken a back seat.
A few people have asked me where I got the knobs that I'm using. ?They are both solid aluminum and this is where they came from:
Volume Knob:
VFO Knob:
They wanted to charge me $18 shipping for the VFO knob! ?Being that the knob itself was already fairly expensive I emailed them and asked them if they had a more cost effective shipping option. ?They got the shipping price down to about $7.95. ?I was hoping that they would just put it in a bubble envelope for a couple of bucks. ?I think that place is a machine shop and they didn't want to chance one of their parts getting damaged. ?It's exactly what I was looking for.
On Oct 2, 2018, at 9:22 AM, Curt M. <Kc3hjp@...> wrote:
Well guys, I have my uBitx v3 about where it's going to stay at least for the time being. ?I still may do a few things to it but at this point I'm just enjoying operating with it. ?Would like to get it on FTP one of these days but I still need to look into what I have to do for that to happen. ?I've had 22 QSOs in the last week with it. ?My furthest SSB Phone QSO has been to Belgium on 20m @ 3934 miles. ?Not bad for QRP radio and a home built end fed wire 44' long and only 10' off the ground. ?For now my IC-7300 has taken a back seat.
A few people have asked me where I got the knobs that I'm using. ?They are both solid aluminum and this is where they came from:
Volume Knob:
VFO Knob:
They wanted to charge me $18 shipping for the VFO knob! ?Being that the knob itself was already fairly expensive I emailed them and asked them if they had a more cost effective shipping option. ?They got the shipping price down to about $7.95. ?I was hoping that they would just put it in a bubble envelope for a couple of bucks. ?I think that place is a machine shop and they didn't want to chance one of their parts getting damaged. ?It's exactly what I was looking for.
Nice work, yes enjoy the rig to decide what if anything it needs. Curious what type of microphone you have mated with it? Here in Maryland about 20 of us are preparing for a group build as nice hardware is arriving from India.
