Update Here’s a quote from Wes describing the equipment that he was using on his end: I hope that my signal was OK when we worked. I was in the midst of wrapping up a frequency synthesizer project and had it running on the rig for the first time. When I heard you… Read More Respect
I feel pretty guilty that I’ve let the blog content slide in 2011. As you can imagine, between having a near-toddler cruising around the house, doing a major redesign of a QRP transceiver, and trying to bootstrap a new small business, free time is at a premium (and my wife and kid owns what little there… Read More That Which Does Not Kill Us
Things have been a bit quiet on the blog front as I work to get the CC-40 beta up and running. Last month, I had an initial set of beta PCBs manufactured, but I made a really big mistake. Somehow I bungled the footprint of the ATmega168 microcontroller, and it ended up much smaller than… Read More What’s Going On With The CC-40?
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve filed the appropriate paperwork, and that my new open source amateur radio company is born! The logo links to the new domain, but there’s nothing on the web yet. I’ve also given “Project X” a proper name. It’s now going to be known as the CC-series of transceivers (with… Read More Birth of a Company
Over the last few days, Jennifer has been off work, so I’ve been able to spend more time in the shack working on Project X. I only recently made my first QSO with the prototype rig (I think propagation was unfavorable for me when I was trying late in the evenings), so I’ve been leaving… Read More This Is What Radio Is All About
I decided to make my initial Project X prototype PCBs at home using the old tried-and-true method of toner transfer (via Pulsar Professional paper and foil). Since I’m a novice at PCB layout, I didn’t feel comfortable paying the money for a few proto PCBs from a board house, then finding out that I did… Read More Creating PCBs with “PCB Fab-in-a-Box”
Here’s a video that I made this afternoon of the Project X receiver listening to 40 CW during Sweepstakes. Once I’ve got the microcontroller code up and running, hopefully I can get you a video of a complete QSO. Enjoy!
Here is the “Project X” proto: It’s kinda big with thru-hole components, but the current plan is to use SMT in production. Does that sound like a good idea, or does the mere mention of surface mount turn you off? Update Due to “popular demand”, I’ve decided to release a bit of information on this… Read More In Case Anyone Cares