$60 40 Meter Radio

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This morning I was having a conversation with Tim, KM4WII and he said that he found a neat QRP rig for $60 that really impressed him and I thought I would pass it along: It is called the BITX40 by HFSigs.com. They are an Indian firm and supposedly it takes a little while for the units to ship here from India. The units are supposedly designed to be easy to work with and "hack" for experimentation. He said that he's gotten great results using the little board and 5 watts of power when coupled with a Ham Stick 40Meter dipole that he got from Main Trading Company. He said that it makes for a great "go box" or portable HF radio for when carrying bigger ones around is not an option.

You will need to provide an enclosure and a power supply, but these items are readily available.
 
There's quite a hacker community built around these. Many mods to be had for the electronics experimenter.
 
Interesting. It's an Arduino based radio.
 
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