The zBitx, a 5-watt QRP all band SSB / CW transceiver can be had for $178 including Shipping and PayPal fees. Since it comes from India, it may have escaped what's his name terrible tariff.
The zBitx is fully built and tested and is battery operated and the bonus is that it uses the same software suite as its big brother, the sBitx. For those who are uncertain about software downloads it comes pre-loaded with FT-8, FlDigi plus a host of other apps and advertised that it shines like a beacon on CW. Being battery operated it is a bonus for the POTA, SOTA gang.
Size: 156mm x 80mm x 35mm (including the battery case)
Weight: 415 grams including two LiPo batteries
Display: 480×320 resistive touch screen display with an independent Raspberry Pico front panel controller.
Software: Fully open sourced and available on https://github.com/afarhan
Hardware: Hybrid superhet, open source circuit with full description
Frequency Coverage: All international ham bands from 80M to 10M
Power: 5 watts on all bands except reduced power on 15M, 12M and 10M bands.
Power Supply: 6V to 9V.
Receive Current consumption: 300 mA
Transmit Current consumption: 1.5 to 3A (depending on the Drive settings)
Modes: USB/LSB/AM/CW/CW-Reverse/FT8/Digital modes (with FlDigi)
Preloaded Apps: FreeDV, QSSTV, Fldigi and more are coming
Weight: 415 grams including two LiPo batteries
Display: 480×320 resistive touch screen display with an independent Raspberry Pico front panel controller.
Software: Fully open sourced and available on https://github.com/afarhan
Hardware: Hybrid superhet, open source circuit with full description
Frequency Coverage: All international ham bands from 80M to 10M
Power: 5 watts on all bands except reduced power on 15M, 12M and 10M bands.
Power Supply: 6V to 9V.
Receive Current consumption: 300 mA
Transmit Current consumption: 1.5 to 3A (depending on the Drive settings)
Modes: USB/LSB/AM/CW/CW-Reverse/FT8/Digital modes (with FlDigi)
Preloaded Apps: FreeDV, QSSTV, Fldigi and more are coming
According to the website shipping is slated for February 2025.
At this price point, fully built and tested and is both SSB/CW you would wonder why fool around building a marginal single band homebrew rig. VU2ESE's products are well known and grace many ham shacks worldwide.
73's
Pete N6QW