{"id":10046,"date":"2017-03-12T11:23:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-12T00:23:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/03\/12\/kc1fszs-peppermint-bark-bitx-aeronautical-mobile-for-his-first-qso-trghs\/"},"modified":"2025-07-22T03:45:43","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T17:45:43","slug":"kc1fszs-peppermint-bark-bitx-aeronautical-mobile-for-his-first-qso-trghs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/03\/12\/kc1fszs-peppermint-bark-bitx-aeronautical-mobile-for-his-first-qso-trghs\/","title":{"rendered":"KC1FSZ’s Peppermint Bark BITX: Aeronautical Mobile for his FIRST QSO. TRGHS."},"content":{"rendered":"
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Can\u2019t say enough good things about your podcast – thanks for all that you do. I\u2019m a fairly new ham and have been trying to go the home-brew route as much as possible. <\/b><\/div>\n
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I bought a BITX40 module (pre Raduino vintage) and added my own VFO board using the usual parts. Actually, I\u2019m using a Teensy 3.2 instead of an Arduino because it is a faster part and has a lot of DSP functions built into it that I\u2019m using for digital mode stuff. But it\u2019s the same basic idea. <\/b><\/div>\n

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My BITX40 is not as photogenic as some of the others, but I sent a picture below. This is the \u201cbiscuit tin\u201d variety. It\u2019s was funny actually: a co-worker of mine stopped by my office around Christmas to give me a gift and pulled out of his bag a very nice box of \u201cpeppermint bark\u201d candies with a ribbon around it. The VERY FIRST thing that crossed my mind the instant I saw the gift was \u2026. BITX40 ENCLOSURE! He must have been pleased to see the huge smile that came across my face. \ud83d\ude42 I\u2019ve been bitten by the bug for sure. <\/b><\/div>\n
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My first three HF QSOs (ever) where on the BITX and were all very interesting:<\/b><\/div>\n
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