Followers of Jason NT7S’ blog “Ripples In The Ether” will know that he has been experimenting with the Si5351 chip. This little $1.50 (or cheaper) device is a PLL clock generator which provides 3 independently programmable outputs from 8KHz to 160MHz. While it’s phase noise is not quite as good as the Si570 (the chip […]
About a year and a half ago, I posted that I had completed the first beta version of the Etherkit CC-Series QRP CW Transceiver. It was a neat little rig, with low RX power consumption (of the order of 50mA – a bit less, I think), full DDS VFO coverage of any one HF band, […]
etherkit’s OpenBeacon is the first kit to be offered by proprietor Jason NT7S and I think it’s a good one for him to open up with. Sure, it’s not the first QRSS transmitter kit on the market but unless I’m missing something (and I don’t believe that I am) it is the most versatile one […]
Phew. I’ve finally finished the first CC-20 beta and fitted it into a case. I can now sit back, look at it and listen to it! In this post a few weeks ago, I showed the unpopulated board with the connectors lying on a sheet of the red PCB material I was planning to use […]
A few days ago, a small flat-rate Priority Mail box showed up at my doorstep. It was pretty unassuming but it held great promise, as inside was the beta kit for the Etherkit CC-20 transceiver. Jason has been working on this transceiver kit for quite a while now, and he’s overcome many challenges but finally, […]
There have been very few times in my life when I have uttered the words “Oh my god”. I don’t really like that particular exclamation; it’s certainly not my style. For the only the second time I can remember, I just uttered those words twice in a row when this appeared in my inbox just […]
I’ve been passing on news in this blog about Jason NT7S’ upcoming QRP transceiver kit, which he initially referred to as “Project X” before revealing the name of the series of transceivers as the CC series, and the first model for 40M, the CC-40. He also told us that his new open-source amateur radio company […]
If you follow Jason NT7S’ blog, you’ll be well aware that he has been developing a QRP CW transceiver with low receive current drain that looks like it would make a good trail-friendly radio. He has just publicly announced that his open-source amateur radio company will be called etherkit: Sorry for lifting your logo Jason. […]
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