{"id":2602,"date":"2015-01-30T11:53:00","date_gmt":"2015-01-30T00:53:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/01\/30\/more-glowing-numerals-big-blue-13\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:34:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:34:31","slug":"more-glowing-numerals-big-blue-13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/01\/30\/more-glowing-numerals-big-blue-13\/","title":{"rendered":"More Glowing Numerals!  BIG! BLUE!  $13!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP2879.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP2879.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b>Even though my pencil and graph paper frequency readout for the BITX rigs has its own undeniable charm, this little device could get me to go digital. I heard about it from Chuck Adams and the folks on the qrp-tech mailing list. 13 dollars. It covers .1 MHz to 2.4 GHz. You just hook up a 9 volt source and the RF input. It also does IF offset. The construction looks great and it would be very easy to put into (or aside) any rig. Here is where I got mine: <\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <b><br \/><\/b><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: left;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/400732593471?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&#038;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT\"><b>http:\/\/www.ebay.com\/itm\/400732593471?_trksid=p2060778.m2749.l2649&#038;ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT<\/b><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p> <\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP2875.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IMGP2875.jpg\" height=\"265\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<p> Our book: &#8220;SolderSmoke &#8212; Global Adventures in Wireless Electronics&#8221; <a href=\"http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm\">http:\/\/soldersmoke.com\/book.htm<\/a> Our coffee mugs, T-Shirts, bumper stickers: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke\">http:\/\/www.cafepress.com\/SolderSmoke<\/a> Our Book Store: <a href=\"http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20\">http:\/\/astore.amazon.com\/contracross-20<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Even though my pencil and graph paper frequency readout for the BITX rigs has its own undeniable charm, this little device could get me to go digital. I heard about it from Chuck Adams and the folks on the qrp-tech mailing list. 13 dollars. It covers .1 MHz to 2.4 GHz. You just hook up &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2015\/01\/30\/more-glowing-numerals-big-blue-13\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;More Glowing Numerals!  BIG! 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