Make your Bitx40 Work FT-8 & WSPR! Happy New Year ~ 2020! [ The following describes two methods for adding USB capabilities to your Bitx40 and further adds an alternative to the Raduino controller.] So OK I built my first Bitx20 shortly after VU2ESE announced to the world his exciting project -- that was over 10 years ago. Even then W6JFR (now N6QW) hacked that project by converting the inductors to ferrite core, shifting the IF to 9 MHz and adding an LCD Display complete with a EI9GQ VFO stabilizer. So it goes to reason that I would still be hacking this amazing design --today! Bill N2CQR provided two "seed" Bitx40 boards and I am happy to report that both boards have now been "hacked" so that they are USB capable and working the 40 Meter Digital Modes such as WSPR and FT-8. But here is the icing on the cake the hacks involve two completely different approaches and this experimentation has provided some new ideas for me for use on
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