{"id":41202,"date":"2019-12-15T12:10:21","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T16:10:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41202"},"modified":"2020-05-30T08:03:23","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T12:03:23","slug":"just-ordered-the-new-149-199-ubitx-v-6-0-qrp-transceiver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/12\/just-ordered-the-new-149-199-ubitx-v-6-0-qrp-transceiver\/","title":{"rendered":"Just ordered the new $149\/$199 uBITX v 6.0 QRP transceiver"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-41205\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-1024x600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"366\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-1024x600.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-300x176.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-768x450.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-1536x899.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big-624x365.jpg 624w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/ubitx_v6_big.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Pete (WB9FLW), who notes that Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE) has recently announced the availability of the uBITX v 6.0&#8211;as Pete notes, &#8220;<em>just in time for the Holidays!<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Pete shared the following message from Farhan:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p>Here is what [the uBITx v 6.0] looks like :<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XdnXn5oibpg?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\r\n<p>And of course, you can buy it <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsignals.com\/index.php\/ubitx-v6-buy-the-full-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"on hfsignals.com (opens in a new tab)\">on hfsignals.com<\/a>. The shipping will happen from Tuesday onwards. We have a limited supply of the first 200 boards. The rest is for after Christmas.<\/p>\r\n<p>The most important thing about this revision is that the Radio circuitry is almost unchanged. We have incorporated the connectors on the PCBs. So, this kit needs none of the confusing soldering. You snap in the TFT Raduino onto the main board, plug the power and antenna from the back, snap on headphones, plug in the mic (supplied with the kit) and off you go!<\/p>\r\n<p>It is offered in two kits now : The basic kit (150 USD) is without the box (like old times) but with a microphone and two acrylic templates for the front and back panels.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Full kit (199 USD) has the box with speaker, mounting hardware etc. Both are described on the website.<\/p>\r\n<p>Now, about the TFT display:<\/p>\r\n<p>For those who are using the 16&#215;2 display and you would like to upgrade, you will have to do three things:<\/p>\r\n<p>Add a heatsink to the 7805 of the raduino<\/p>\r\n<p>Buy [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/32815224002.html?spm=a2g0o.productlist.0.0.3b9548336X8T43\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>] and hook it up as per [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsignals.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/raduino_tft.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"this article (opens in a new tab)\">this article<\/a>].<\/p>\r\n<p>Grab the new Arduino sketch from <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/afarhan\/ubitxv6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/github.com\/afarhan\/ubitxv6 (opens in a new tab)\">https:\/\/github.com\/afarhan\/ubitxv6<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>Background:<\/p>\r\n<p>I have been hacking away at adding a TFT display for the Arduino for sometime. Finally, I managed to do this with a really inexpensive 2.8 inch TFT display that uses a controller called the ILI9341. The display update is slow but, clever guy that I am, the display very usable. it uses the same pins that earlier connected to the 16&#215;2 LCD display. This display is available everywhere for a few dollars.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Many thanks, Pete, for sharing this announcement. The price was simply too attractive to me, so I just purchased <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hfsignals.com\/index.php\/ubitx-v6-buy-the-full-kit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the full kit for $199 US (opens in a new tab)\">the full kit for $199 US<\/a>. (<em>Thanks for being the good enabler you are, Pete!<\/em>)<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Update &#8211; 30 May 2020:<\/strong> Many thanks to Armin Sander who notes that the uBITX V6 full kit price has increased to <strong>$209<\/strong> US.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>I&#8217;ll post an update when I receive the transceiver and assemble it. I do hope this is a workable little radio&#8211;it would be pretty amazing for newcomers to the hobby to be able to get on the HF bands for a mere $200 US. I also love the fact that this is all based on open-source, hackable technologies.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete (WB9FLW), who notes that Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE) has recently announced the availability of the uBITX v 6.0&#8211;as Pete notes, &#8220;just in time for the Holidays!&#8220; Pete shared the following message from Farhan: Here is what [the uBITx v 6.0] looks like : And of course, you can buy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[545,836,3,26],"tags":[6680,1303,7379,6681,6682,8200],"class_list":["post-41202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ham-radio","category-new-products","category-news","category-radios","tag-pete-eaton-wb9flw","tag-qrp","tag-qrp-transceivers","tag-ubitx","tag-ubitx-transceiver","tag-ubitx-v-6-0"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aIy","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":29594,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/the-ubitx-transceiver-pricing-and-more-details\/","url_meta":{"origin":41202,"position":0},"title":"The uBITX Transceiver: Pricing and more details","author":"Thomas","date":"December 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Pete Eaton (WB9FLW), who shares pricing and additional information about the uBITX general coverage QRP transceiver: Here are the details, if purchased before Christmas $109 delivered! http:\/\/www.hfsignals.com\/ From uBITX creator, Ashhar Farhan: 1. 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