Bitx20 Kit from VU3SUA

Yay!!, I received my Bitx20 kit from Sunil Lakhani(VU3SUA) today. I was jumping with joy as i received it. The postage + the time in transit was very normal. And he had included Front end coils, Balun Cores, Dumbbell cores, and a transistor that is a little difficult to obtain in local shops. He also sent me a free Frequency Counter PCB!!! I love this guy!!.

The boards were of excellent quality, some spacings are some times a little large and some time a little short, but its okay since it is totally designed here. The PCBS were all plated and masked. Very well made I would say.

Here are the contents.
1. 1x Bitx20 Main Board,
2. 1x Power supply and Linear Amp PCB,
3. 4x Front end Transformers (Already wound),
4. 7X Balun Transformer Cores,
5. 2x Dumbbell transformer cores,
6. 1X 2SC2570 Transistor.

The packing was excellent, he had taken utmost care to pack them properly with a polythene cover, then a paper cover (had a contents listing), and a thermocol protection around this cover and then all these covered in the standard cloth based packing used for Speedpost. Yes, I did spend a lot of time unpacking it :).

I will post the photos of the PCB as well as the contents of the kit in this post as soon as I can arrange a digital camera.

So, I am back to building the kit now, have fun :), and hang in there for more.

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