[Milsurplus] Way OT -- Rice Boxes

[Robert Nickels]

On 1/26/2018 8:31 AM, MICHAEL ST ANGELO wrote:
>   I definitely have to get it and add it to my collection

Heh heh... mission accomplished Mike, now I'm not the only one!

Not to belabor this OT on this reflector but since I started it, some 
may have heard of the bitx20 or other similar radios and wonder why all 
the fuss...so rather than try to summarize I'll just post this link to a 
pdf presentation that shows the entire history of the bitx family over 
the past  14  years:

https://rohith.weebly.com/uploads/1/3/0/2/13025966/bitx_qrpacificon..pdf

What is relevant to this group is the common thread of ham innovation, 
just as was the case when post-WWII when military surplus equipment 
became available at low-cost.    Farhan, VU2ESE designed the original 
bitx20 as a very simple low-cost single conversion SSB transceiver using 
cheap, readily available components and you can see the many variations 
on that theme that have occurred since.   The uBitx is just the latest, 
and much more sophisticated version.

73, Bob W9RAN