I have posted new revisions of the Assembly Guide and Parts List. Those who are familiar with previous versions will see a substantial improvement. Included in this revision are details on the new firmware additions. I have made changes to the assembly order to improve the flow. There were a couple of rough spots before that I needed to change.
So for all practical purposes the documentation package is complete and I can start sending out some kits. I will start with kit requests I have received by email and then open it up to everyone. I will be sending out upgrade kits to the beta builders to allow them to bring their radios up to the current version.
As a side not I completed a 30 meter version of the radio which works great. The spectrum plot is as good as the 40 meter version. I don’t get quite as much power out, about 5 watts instead of 6 watts but I still have some adjustments to make. I don’t have any immediate plans to release a 30 meter kit, I mostly wanted to see how well the design scales to other bands. I also have plans to build a 20 meter version.
73
Steve
K1EL
