[Lowfer] ZL1BPU DDS exciter

[Charles W5COV]

Andy , Peter ,

   When Lyle and I first contacted Murray about this , Lyle bought enough 
parts for I think it was 10 "kits" . He sold them almost immediately .
   Several of us built them and I am not aware of anyone that had a problem 
with getting them up and running . Well actually I think I made a couple of 
stupid mistakes.
   The people I was in contact with , used the 12.8 MHz . TCXO . That is I 
believe the single most expensive part . Even at that some of us were able 
to obtain those at no cost from a list member , Stewart , when I built a 
second one . Mine were built with point to point wiring .
   It might seem a bit intimidating just reading the page , but really is 
pretty user friendly , once you get to the point of programming it .
   The Futurlec development board would make a simple approach to it and not 
have to do all of the point to point wiring . I think Dex used the Futurlec 
board and I have one here , that I have never taken the time to build up .
   As far as spare parts , I keep a spare AT90S2313 on hand and the usual 
spares used in the classic K0LR amplifier . I ended up using that instead of 
the original design by Murray .
   There is a world of wealth and knowledge on this list and I am quite sure 
between everyone there is enough patience and technical ability to help you 
out of any problems that you might encounter .
   Once programmed with mode , ID , frequency , it is stand alone . Just 
have to hook it back up to the computer to make changes to these parameters 
.

Charlie , W5COV , WE2XXO

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