I hope that later that Han's gives an idea of the case dimensions and what

volume is taken up with the internal circuitry in the full all band version.

Why? just to get an idea if there is enough room to include a Lipo pack

and small Z-match tuner with SWR to make a truly portable field rig.

Thanks

Alex VK2ABE

On 23/08/2018 11:52 PM, KE0GYC wrote:

Personally, I would be a fan of keeping it simple.? I'm no RF engineer, but it seems that more complexity will add more cost and more things to break.

I am REALLY excited about this radio.? I think it could be built into a really excellent portable radio for SOTA, and the ability to natively use PSK31 is really neat, especially at this price point.? A kit build like this could also have a TON of neat options for building into a case, too.

I have been thinking the same thing, that it'd be nice to add a battery and perhaps an ATU. I suspect others might also have this thought too since these are offered by other radios with similar size and capabilities.

My preference would be that the QRP-Labs supplied case not allow extra room for these however. I would prefer that these and the case to hold them be left as a project for the user. Why? Because I think that the QRP-Labs case should minimize (within reason) the size. Sure there might be room for some smaller add-ons but even a small battery capable of multiple watts and a small tuner will take up a fair bit of space. I don't think the users, who don't want those, should have to put up with the extra size. This is a nice *little* radio. Let's leave it such.

I see Hans has posted dimensions and I don't think that they leave a lot of room. I guess it can be a challenge for those who want to take it on : - )

This does lead to a request however. I'm hoping that there will be an option to buy just the electronics (all-band radio incl. PA and relay/filter board) without the case. I haven't bothered to mention it since its hardly a product design decision and, although Hans has only mentioned a couple of price points (single band and all band with case), I would assume he's also open to other reasonable options. But since you mention this I'll make the request now.

73

Dave L.
VE3LHO