I love seeing homebrew equipment, anything is good, radios, aerials, test gear. Nice to see what you have done. There's pride in saying, "I built it myself" instead of buying stuff all the time. I know about things taking time, I bought components and a G4CLF p.c.b., soldered it then left it ten years due to moving QTH and getting married. Your video has encouraged me to think I might do a video of my QRP transceiver. First version was 80m and 20m s.s.b. and c.w., then added xtals and mixer for all h.f., smaller cabinet and bought a synthesised v.f.o. which failed after four years, bought another synth. v.f.o. but too much hard work to get a frequency so now beginning the Mk V version with my original v.f.o., 5 - 5.5 MHz and stability pretty good. Never one complaint of frequency drift. Original cabinet again. G4GHB.
Thanks Bill. You should do a video about your own creation. I'm sure people would be interested to see it. Thanks for watching and commenting. 73, Nick
Hi Nick, great result, thanks for the whole series of this rig and so many more. I've learned a lot which made it possible to build this transceiver too. It was not a simple job and took a lot of time, but I have solved all the problems I had with the mic amplifier, the mixers, the audio diplexer and more. Rx sensitivity is still not good but I am working on that. After all, the fun is in the building Thanks again, 73 Gerard
Hi Gerard, thank you and congratulations! Very well done on building your own transceiver. Sticking with it through the testing & tweaking stage is the hardest thing of all I find. Good for you! 73, Nick
I think hams who have never homebrewed miss out on the sheer joy of building a rig. They become like our children, such that even our crappier ones are loved unconditionally. These aforementioned hams also miss out on the frustration and tears over weeks/months of testing and evaluating. 73 de VK2AOE
Hi George! Thanks very much for watching. I think you're right about building radios. It is quite a feeling once you've finally finished it and got it working right and even better when you start making contacts on the air with it. No amount of money shelled out on the latest shiny black box can actually buy that feeling. Thanks again & 73, Nick
Minor nitpick. The 8-pin op-amp that you would use in in your preamp is a NE5532. the '34 is the version with four op-amp stages. It's a great audio op-amp for the price. No reason to go with anything with worst specs than this for an audio project. Great job on this transceiver series, thanks for sharing. I've been enjoying following along. Your detailed videos are really appreciated!
Wow! Hello Jason! Great to hear from you. I'm a big fan of your work with the Si5351 - in fact your code has been the basis for practically every rig I've built. Thanks for watching and for commenting. Keep up the great work my friend! 73, Nick
Thanks very much John - not just for watching this one but for your support of all the others as well. It's been quite a journey but we got there in the end! So pleased it has been interesting. 73, Nick
Excellent, excellent series Nick. Fantastic explanations of each building block of the transceiver. I think each ham should at least watch, if not build, your project videos to understand how radios actually work. Congrats on finishing another project. Can’t wait for the next.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm really pleased you've enjoyed seeing this rig come together. Thank you for accompanying me on the journey and congratulations on making it through to the end!!! 73, Nick
Hi Nick, well done. The propagation problems are my fault - I've been testing and evaluating 10m aerials and that's what has closed the band! 73 de Echelford M1GWZ
A very-well designed and home-brewed rig. It's got a nice mix of build techniques: perfboard, hand-routed PCB, ME pads, and your own TIA IF amps. The relay module gives it a good "mostly DIY" flavor: sometimes it makes more sense to buy something ready made than to futz with a not-very-interesting sub-system. --Todd K7TFC
Hi Todd! Thank you so much - that's high praise indeed. Now this rig is finished I'm looking forward to playing with some of those wonderful boards of yours that you kindly sent me. Keep up the great work! I'm particularly interested in your forthcoming plans with the MAR-6SM+ MMIC. Sounds brilliant. 73, Nick
A very very nice build Nick, Just shows what you can do with some fairly simple modules and a LOT of persistence! The telescope comment, yes when I bought my scope many many years ago, the one thing missing was a bag of clear sky's 🙂 You need a bag or two of good dx... Same thing happened to me a couple of days ago, I've just got my new station plugged up and working, but when I demonstrated to to my neighbor - total deadness on just about all bands... The box you used, I've several of those on the shelf, and the blue panels are generally painted steel, which is a pain to work with limited tools. I tend to replace them with aluminium. Grab yourself some perforated aluminium sheet and use that as a speaker grill, saves a lot of drilling - You used to be able to get proper fine LS grill from Maplins, but with the demise of them it's a bit harder to find. I also draw up the front panel in a graphics package I use LibreCad / Libredraw as I'm a linux user but any of the major drawing packages will work. then print it out then laminate it. Cut the holes for the controls / display with a wad cutting punch and scalpel then glue the laminated sheet on the panel, and reinstall the controls. It covers a multitude of sins and for such a simple process it look very close to a professional panel. If you want some examples I'll send some images to you. Utube tends to strip out URL's so it's pointless giving them in the comments. Hope you have many happy hours using the rig, you certainly deserve it for all the efforts you have put into the build and in the making of the videos so we can all enjoy the process. Andy G0POY
Hi Andy! Great to hear from you. Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to share some good 'tribal wisdom'. That's greatly appreciated. I may get in touch with you via email about the front panel method you use. Hope you are doing OK. Look after yourself. 73, Nick
Excellent series and glad it all came together so well. As you say Murphy's law (others are available!) comes into play and the signals go away. Perhaps another video showing it working in better conditions along with your comments on where it exceeds your expectations, what you learned and what you will do differently another time? Thanks again and best 73. G0ACE
I just found out your videos and I'm binge watching them. Well done, well done. One question though. Where did you get the box for the rig? It looks likr factory made.
Thanks very much Veljko and glad you found the channel. The blue project case is this (www.amazon.co.uk/sourcingmap-Project-Junction-Enclosure-3-15inch/dp/B07DZ11HG3?th=1) but you'll probably get it cheaper on AliExpress. Thanks again. Best wishes, Nick
Good to see you have finished your radio Nice. Sadly mine didn't get any further than the VFO. I've lost the interest in both design and construction. I'm just too old. 73 and good luck. De HS0ZLQ, G0MIH.
Hi Paul, thanks very much for getting in touch. Sorry to hear your own constructing has stalled. The thing with homebrew is that you can do what you want! You don't have to follow some grand design - just have fun and build what you want - or not. Even if you only got as far as the VFO, that's still further than most folk will get. It's OK - don't beat yourself up. Thanks very much for watching and for supporting the channel. Look after yourself. 73, Nick
@@M0NTVHomebrewing Hi Nick. Yes I'm a bit well Infact very disappointed with my self and the none effert I put into my design for a mobile 10m TRX. It's been a bad year for me again what with braking a ankle and not being able to walk for 4 months didn't really help. Well I glad your project got finished. Well done. Best 73's. Paul.
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I love seeing homebrew equipment, anything is good, radios, aerials, test gear. Nice to see what you have done.
There's pride in saying, "I built it myself" instead of buying stuff all the time.
I know about things taking time, I bought components and a G4CLF p.c.b., soldered it then left it ten years due to moving QTH and getting married.
Your video has encouraged me to think I might do a video of my QRP transceiver.
First version was 80m and 20m s.s.b. and c.w., then added xtals and mixer for all h.f., smaller cabinet and bought a synthesised v.f.o. which failed after four years, bought another synth. v.f.o. but too much hard work to get a frequency so now beginning the Mk V version with my original v.f.o., 5 - 5.5 MHz and stability pretty good. Never one complaint of frequency drift. Original cabinet again.
G4GHB.
Thanks Bill. You should do a video about your own creation. I'm sure people would be interested to see it. Thanks for watching and commenting. 73, Nick
Hi Nick, great result, thanks for the whole series of this rig and so many more. I've learned a lot which made it possible to build this transceiver too. It was not a simple job and took a lot of time, but I have solved all the problems I had with the mic amplifier, the mixers, the audio diplexer and more. Rx sensitivity is still not good but I am working on that. After all, the fun is in the building
Thanks again, 73
Gerard
Hi Gerard, thank you and congratulations! Very well done on building your own transceiver. Sticking with it through the testing & tweaking stage is the hardest thing of all I find. Good for you! 73, Nick
I think hams who have never homebrewed miss out on the sheer joy of building a rig. They become like our children, such that even our crappier ones are loved unconditionally. These aforementioned hams also miss out on the frustration and tears over weeks/months of testing and evaluating. 73 de VK2AOE
Hi George! Thanks very much for watching. I think you're right about building radios. It is quite a feeling once you've finally finished it and got it working right and even better when you start making contacts on the air with it. No amount of money shelled out on the latest shiny black box can actually buy that feeling. Thanks again & 73, Nick
Minor nitpick. The 8-pin op-amp that you would use in in your preamp is a NE5532. the '34 is the version with four op-amp stages. It's a great audio op-amp for the price. No reason to go with anything with worst specs than this for an audio project.
Great job on this transceiver series, thanks for sharing. I've been enjoying following along. Your detailed videos are really appreciated!
Wow! Hello Jason! Great to hear from you. I'm a big fan of your work with the Si5351 - in fact your code has been the basis for practically every rig I've built. Thanks for watching and for commenting. Keep up the great work my friend! 73, Nick
@@M0NTVHomebrewing Thanks, that's very kind! I'm still a bit gobsmacked when people recognize me for that. 😅
Excellent work mate, really pleased to see it finally finished and working. I reckon you must have been given a shoehorn for Christmas!
Thanks Al! We must catch up soon mate. 73
Well done Nick. Thanks for explaining it all and showing it off in operation. I learn a fair bit with every project you build.
Thanks very much John - not just for watching this one but for your support of all the others as well. It's been quite a journey but we got there in the end! So pleased it has been interesting. 73, Nick
Great job Nick hope you have lots of fun with the radio 73
Thanks very much Andy! 73, Nick
Excellent, excellent series Nick. Fantastic explanations of each building block of the transceiver. I think each ham should at least watch, if not build, your project videos to understand how radios actually work. Congrats on finishing another project. Can’t wait for the next.
Thank you so much for your kind words. I'm really pleased you've enjoyed seeing this rig come together. Thank you for accompanying me on the journey and congratulations on making it through to the end!!! 73, Nick
Hi Nick, well done. The propagation problems are my fault - I've been testing and evaluating 10m aerials and that's what has closed the band!
73 de Echelford M1GWZ
Hi Phil! That made me smile! Hope you are doing OK. My very best wishes to everyone at EARS. Look after yourself. 73, Nick
Very impressive on the inside and a great looking radio on the outside!!!
Thanks very much indeed! 73, Nick
A very-well designed and home-brewed rig. It's got a nice mix of build techniques: perfboard, hand-routed PCB, ME pads, and your own TIA IF amps. The relay module gives it a good "mostly DIY" flavor: sometimes it makes more sense to buy something ready made than to futz with a not-very-interesting sub-system.
--Todd K7TFC
Hi Todd! Thank you so much - that's high praise indeed. Now this rig is finished I'm looking forward to playing with some of those wonderful boards of yours that you kindly sent me. Keep up the great work! I'm particularly interested in your forthcoming plans with the MAR-6SM+ MMIC. Sounds brilliant. 73, Nick
Great job! Enjoy the radio! 😻🎙️📻
Thanks very much! 73, Nick
A very very nice build Nick, Just shows what you can do with some fairly simple modules and a LOT of persistence!
The telescope comment, yes when I bought my scope many many years ago, the one thing missing was a bag of clear sky's 🙂
You need a bag or two of good dx... Same thing happened to me a couple of days ago, I've just got my new station plugged up and working,
but when I demonstrated to to my neighbor - total deadness on just about all bands...
The box you used, I've several of those on the shelf, and the blue panels are generally painted steel, which is a pain to work with limited tools.
I tend to replace them with aluminium. Grab yourself some perforated aluminium sheet and use that as a speaker grill, saves a lot of drilling -
You used to be able to get proper fine LS grill from Maplins, but with the demise of them it's a bit harder to find.
I also draw up the front panel in a graphics package I use LibreCad / Libredraw as I'm a linux user but any of the major drawing packages will work.
then print it out then laminate it. Cut the holes for the controls / display with a wad cutting punch and scalpel then glue the laminated sheet on the
panel, and reinstall the controls. It covers a multitude of sins and for such a simple process it look very close to a professional panel. If you
want some examples I'll send some images to you. Utube tends to strip out URL's so it's pointless giving them in the comments.
Hope you have many happy hours using the rig, you certainly deserve it for all the efforts you have put into the build and in the making of the videos
so we can all enjoy the process.
Andy G0POY
Hi Andy! Great to hear from you. Thank you so much for watching and for taking the time to share some good 'tribal wisdom'. That's greatly appreciated. I may get in touch with you via email about the front panel method you use. Hope you are doing OK. Look after yourself. 73, Nick
Congrads, welldone
Thanks very much Greg! 73, Nick
Excellent series and glad it all came together so well. As you say Murphy's law (others are available!) comes into play and the signals go away. Perhaps another video showing it working in better conditions along with your comments on where it exceeds your expectations, what you learned and what you will do differently another time? Thanks again and best 73. G0ACE
Thanks very much Ace! 73, Nick M0NTV
A great project....Nice one!
Thanks very much Mike! 73, Nick
I just found out your videos and I'm binge watching them. Well done, well done. One question though. Where did you get the box for the rig? It looks likr factory made.
Thanks very much Veljko and glad you found the channel. The blue project case is this (www.amazon.co.uk/sourcingmap-Project-Junction-Enclosure-3-15inch/dp/B07DZ11HG3?th=1) but you'll probably get it cheaper on AliExpress. Thanks again. Best wishes, Nick
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Thanks. 73
Good to see you have finished your radio Nice. Sadly mine didn't get any further than the VFO.
I've lost the interest in both design and construction. I'm just too old.
73 and good luck.
De HS0ZLQ, G0MIH.
Hi Paul, thanks very much for getting in touch. Sorry to hear your own constructing has stalled. The thing with homebrew is that you can do what you want! You don't have to follow some grand design - just have fun and build what you want - or not. Even if you only got as far as the VFO, that's still further than most folk will get. It's OK - don't beat yourself up. Thanks very much for watching and for supporting the channel. Look after yourself. 73, Nick
@@M0NTVHomebrewing Hi Nick.
Yes I'm a bit well Infact very disappointed with my self and the none effert I put into my design for a mobile 10m TRX.
It's been a bad year for me again what with braking a ankle and not being able to walk for 4 months didn't really help.
Well I glad your project got finished.
Well done.
Best 73's.
Paul.