[600MRG] Ultimate3 kit

[Hans Summers]

Sorry...
To be clear, since something seems to have messed up the formatting of the
message, my email is
Hans.summers at gmail.com

73 Hans G0UPL
On 2 Dec 2013 09:12, "Hans Summers" <hans.summers at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all
>
> Thanks for admission to this group. FYI I do have a 500kHz xtal which
> would suit the UK band and did once start making a TX for it, using only
> tubes! But like many other projects, there is too much to do and not enough
> time to do it all. 600m hardly suits my city-center microscopic-apartment
> life, anyway! So I still have never been on 600m. Anyway a friend alerted
> me to the Ultimate3 discussion here.I received several orders and a number
> of email questions. So I thought I'd say a couple of words of that's OK.
>
> The price of the kit in US$ is about $30 which includes one LPF plug-in
> module. Shipping is about $4. You can add more stuff: more LPF's , GPS, etc
> and the cost goes up, so does the weight and hence the shipping. I keep
> detailed statistics on shipping times, which you can see here
> http://www.hanssummers.com/shipping . Ordering is online at
> http://www.hanssummers.com/shop . You receive an email on placing your
> order, and another when it is shipped. The shop software module I use is
> free and is a bit rubbish. When I have time I'm planning to PAY for some
> shopping software and make a better shop. In the meantime if anyone has
> trouble I am always happy to do it by email instead.
>
> The kit does a mix of slow signal modes, including slow-Hell. Then WSPR is
> encoded onboard, it needs no PC connection or programming. Just enter
> callsign, lcoator and power. If you connect a GPS, it gets the location
> from the GPS, and uses the GPS also for setting/regulating the real time
> clock, and calibrating the DDS reference. The kit can operate anywhere from
> 0 to 40+ MHz and I supply plugin 7-element LPF modules for 12 bands from
> 2200m up to 10m. All capacitors in the LPF kits are high quality low-loss
> NP0/C0G types from Digikey. All the details, assembly manual, operating
> manual etc are here http://www.hanssummers.com/ultimate3 .
>
> Specifically for LF, the kit supports FSK in multiples of only 0.03Hz for
> really slow low-bandwidth, and WSPR-15 also.
>
> The microcontroller is the ATmega168 AVR, and I sell upgrade chips when
> there are firmware upgrades. Alternatively if you have AVR programming
> facilities, you can update the firmware yourself. The files are published
> in the kits' yahoo forum, which also provides support from other builders
> etc: http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/QRPLabs/info
>
> I have a relay-switches LPF coming soon, that will allow the Ultimate3 kit
> to automatically sequence through transmissions on up to 6 bands. Preview
> information and photos are here: http://www.hanssummers.com/ultimatelpf
>
> There were a huge volume of Ultimate3 kit orders and I've used up my
> supply of 200 LCDs. I will order another batch of LCDs on Monday and
> they'll take 1-2 weeks to be manufactured and shipped. So expect a small
> delay in shipping, sorry.
>
> If anyone has any questions you can email me directly
> hans.summers at gmail.com or ask on the yahoo forum. I subscribed to the
> digest of this group so I'll read it daily and might from time to time
> comment, if anything needs answering on the U3 kit!
>
> 73 and apologies for the bandwidth
> Hans G0UPL
>