{"id":3421,"date":"2017-08-31T08:48:00","date_gmt":"2017-08-30T22:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/08\/31\/ve1lebs-ergonomic-bitx-enclosure-in-juliano-blue\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T15:25:22","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T05:25:22","slug":"ve1lebs-ergonomic-bitx-enclosure-in-juliano-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2017\/08\/31\/ve1lebs-ergonomic-bitx-enclosure-in-juliano-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"VE1LEB’s Ergonomic BITX Enclosure (in Juliano Blue)"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Wow, Michael’s amazingly cool BITX enclosure looks like you could use it to ask Scottie to beam you up. <\/b><\/span><\/span>
Put an end to those freakish contortions — 3D print yourself an Ergonomic BITX box! Very FB Michael. Thanks. <\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Hi Bill and Pete:<\/b><\/span> <\/p>\n


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I thought you\u2019d be interested to see my ergonomic enclosure for the BITX40. While operating homebrewed regen radios, I noticed that my hands\/arms\/shoulders were becoming uncomfortable after a while. After thinking about this for a few days, I realized that the dials on the front of these small radios were forcing my hands into freakish contortions\u2014and having both hands on the dials at all times while tuning made matters worster faster! So I did some homework and determined that our arms and hands most naturally hold things toward each other, as though they are holding a small cylinder by the ends. But the conventional \u201cdials-and-speaker-facing-<\/wbr>front\u201d radio case<\/span> forces us to twist our hands up and outwards from our bodies to twist things. See my blog post <\/span>http:\/\/blog.<\/wbr>generaleccentric.net\/?p=2009<\/a> <\/wbr>for illustrations of this problem.<\/b><\/div>\n

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My enclosure design for the BITX40 re-orients the volume and tuning knobs toward the sides of the radio, making their operation much more natural\u2014and pleasant. Although it\u2019s not retro, it does<\/i> have an unconventional appearance and should fit in quite naturally with all the other homebrewed solutions featured on SolderSmoke. <\/b><\/span><\/div>\n

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You can visit my post at <\/span>http:\/\/blog.<\/wbr>generaleccentric.net\/?p=2082<\/a>; the box is available for download and printing at Thingiverse: https:\/\/www.<\/wbr>thingiverse.com\/thing:2508147<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

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By the way, I also have a 3D printable mic for the BITX40: https:\/\/www.<\/wbr>thingiverse.com\/thing:2500483<\/a><\/b><\/div>\n

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73, Michael VE1LEB<\/b><\/div>\n
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Wow, Michael’s amazingly cool BITX enclosure looks like you could use it to ask Scottie to beam you up. Put an end to those freakish contortions — 3D print yourself an Ergonomic BITX box! Very FB Michael. Thanks. Hi Bill and Pete: I thought you\u2019d be interested to see my ergonomic enclosure for the BITX40. … Continue reading “VE1LEB’s Ergonomic BITX Enclosure (in Juliano Blue)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3422,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,190],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitx40module","category-canada"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3421"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3423,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3421\/revisions\/3423"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}