From Yu BG2FX:
"A new design (of the FX-4CR) is underway. Thinner volume. Dual-fan cooling. The maximum SSB transmission power is designed to be 50W. The new MCU microcontroller provides more functionality."
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| Height comparison: FX4CR vs New Radio |
Volunteer testers sought - read the full poop here.
Personally, I can't get past all the pop-up ads and want nothing to do with providing my Whatsapp contact info in order to be in the loop.
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Official word from the team's leadership has been sparse but two team members - each of whom paid huge sums of money to participate - have dropped out...with no refunds being forthcoming.
The two DXpeditioners are Krassy Petkov K1LZ and Greg Hernández KP4PK.
22 Oct: Krassy's open letter to the DX community is here
13 Feb: And, today - Greg's is here
Both ops cite similar reasons for leaving but only Greg did so voluntarily.
As of now (14 Feb, 0030Z) the ship (Argus) that will transport the remaining team to Bouvet is en route to Cape Town where the team will board the ship. It is due to arrive 17 Feb at 0600 local time.
The Argus can be tracked here.
The U3S is a many-mode beacon transmitter that offers some amazing functionality, especially given its low price.
It is primarily used as a WSPR transmitter but is also capable of Hellschreiber, Opera, QRSS, all of the JT modes and more; plus automatic band-switching and GPS control of frequency.
I built one about 14 years ago and I still have it today; in fact, it's operating on 20m WSPR as I type.
The QMX+ has become the QSX and now the U3S.
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I've had a hankering to build something lately and happened across a relatively new offering from the 4 States QRP Group: the Hilltopper Tallboy, a monoband QRP CW transceiver kit.
Available for 15 to 40 meters (and maybe 60m soon), I ordered a 20m version. It arrived 5 or 6 days later and I started building it right away.
The kit's contents were well organized as were the accompanying instruction.
Parts are sorted into one of 10 bags and the assembly follows the bag's numerical sequence. There are exceptions to this as parts are sometimes required from the ESD bag or the bag containing the matched crystals.
The largest bag - and the one responsible for my initial impression of "Man, that's a substantial kit!" - is the one containing the mechanical components: knobs, jacks, hardware, etc.
