Pixie CW transceiver

[Lightspeed]

(7 January 2016, 07:58)Lightspeed Wrote: Updating this post:

The Pixies I have been testing are doing very well indeed.

Some of the stuff we've done:

Made simple field deployable wire antennas,

Power, sourced good quality connectors with screw driver connectable cables for pp9 or 12v supplies

antenna socket, connectors sourced that allow screwdriver connection so that antenna wire can be replaced in the field

On the last radios built, we've included a morse code key in the aluminium case that house them.

So now we have self-contained robust and quite EMP resilient radios that will accept multiple power sources, and which can be run and maintained by non technical individuals using simple tools from base, or in the field. Field deployment time is less than 3 minutes.

Our friends and family network is now pretty solid out to around 60 miles and out to 90 miles using a slightly higher powered model) Terrain here is very hilly and forested, with normal CB radios having a range of around 5 miles. So, what we've achieved is rather satisfying especially for the initial outlay of only a couple of quid plus a few hours of my time to build.

We're not done yet though. Next mods are to add low tech volume control to the headphone socket, and to move the receiver tuning to a normal knob on the front of the box.


IF OF ANY HELP?
We bulk purchased connectors and project boxes, antenna wire etc, and still have quite a lot spare. So, if anyone needs connectors to get their radios running I can help (just PM me).