I’ve been watching this one for a while and it looks interesting. I haven’t got the $200 to spare right now but maybe some of you guys do. Would be interesting to see how this rig performs in a SOTA setting.
https://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/zbitx/
73, Colin
Hi Colin,
If the radio weren’t coming from Farhan & HF Signals, I would have said, at that price, it’s a scam, for all the features and modes that it has but it isn’t.
There’s a typo in the advert that says "it is capable of 10 watts of power from two standard 18650 batteries. " This is a 5w radio, not a 10w one.
Very tempting if I didn’t already have too many QRP radios.
I can see that lead time going up quickly from 4 weeks as the orders flood in!
73 Ed DD5LP.
The first batch has just arrived into people’s hands. Probably worth waiting (although perhaps enforced anyway!) for the first users to help get the bugs ironed out and their reports.
It’s not a scam but it’s not a finished project either, it’s meant as a platform for experimentation and modification like the rest of the offerings from Farhan. I would really like to have a go with one of the modern bidirectional designs, the concept has matured quite a bit since I home brewed a BITX 20.
I don’t really need it but it’s very tempting. Curious to see how it compares to qmx and trusdx.
They’re available to order again:
https://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/zbitx/
Not that I’m trying to get you to spend money on more radios 