A couple of years ago I built a DDS VFO from ozqrp - see post here.
I was pleased with the design and decided to buy the PCB for the accompanying 40M SSB transceiver the MST400 v1 .
This is a 40m SSB transceiver that has a power output of at least 5 watts of SSB.
from the manual , the specs are -
1. Complete SSB transceiver on a single PCB (just add a VFO).
2. Superhet receiver using a 4 pole 10MHz crystal filter.
3. 5W PEP minimum power output using a rugged power MOSFET output stage.
4. Unwanted sideband suppression is typically 40dB.
5. All spurious transmit outputs below -45dBc.
6. AF and microphone gain controls.
7. Easy to adjust and set up.
8. Front panel LED transmit power and modulation indicator.
9. Plenty of audio output to drive a loudspeaker.
10. High quality double sided PCB with groundplane, solder mask and silk screen.
11. Simple and easy to build using all through hole components.
12. No complicated coil winding required. Uses inexpensive commercial coil assemblies for tuned circuits.
I just bought the PCB and was able to provide most of the components from the junk box , the rest were purchased from bitsbox in the UK - my normal source of components.
Construction was completed over the course of a couple of evenings and was very straightforward thanks to the well written manual .
I boxed it up in a plastic case with aluminium end panels. I would have preferred to use an all metal case but this seems to work ok . I may line it with self adhesive copper foil for screening purposes at a future date.
My heatsinking on the IRF510 output transistor is probably not ideal , but it didn't get too hot in use while producing about 8w power.
While it is not fully finished it works well and I have had many contacts throughout Europe on it. .
The MST400 v1 has since been superseded by the v2 version and is now available for 80M, 40M and 20M as a complete kit . Well worth a look for anyone interested in building their own QRP SSB transceiver.
I was pleased with the design and decided to buy the PCB for the accompanying 40M SSB transceiver the MST400 v1 .
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| MST400 v1 |
This is a 40m SSB transceiver that has a power output of at least 5 watts of SSB.
from the manual , the specs are -
1. Complete SSB transceiver on a single PCB (just add a VFO).
2. Superhet receiver using a 4 pole 10MHz crystal filter.
3. 5W PEP minimum power output using a rugged power MOSFET output stage.
4. Unwanted sideband suppression is typically 40dB.
5. All spurious transmit outputs below -45dBc.
6. AF and microphone gain controls.
7. Easy to adjust and set up.
8. Front panel LED transmit power and modulation indicator.
9. Plenty of audio output to drive a loudspeaker.
10. High quality double sided PCB with groundplane, solder mask and silk screen.
11. Simple and easy to build using all through hole components.
12. No complicated coil winding required. Uses inexpensive commercial coil assemblies for tuned circuits.
I just bought the PCB and was able to provide most of the components from the junk box , the rest were purchased from bitsbox in the UK - my normal source of components.
Construction was completed over the course of a couple of evenings and was very straightforward thanks to the well written manual .
I boxed it up in a plastic case with aluminium end panels. I would have preferred to use an all metal case but this seems to work ok . I may line it with self adhesive copper foil for screening purposes at a future date.
My heatsinking on the IRF510 output transistor is probably not ideal , but it didn't get too hot in use while producing about 8w power.
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| MST400 in case |
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