Screen shot 2013-01-23 at 11.13.06 AM

Steve, AKA Flickr user 3dking, built this mint-tin, PCB-less(!) SDR upverter, which switches your software-controlled Ham radio from VHF to HF.

I built another up-converter, this time in to an Altoids tin and stuck a low quality label on the tin lid. This version includes the switching relay to connect the HF antenna when power is applied and the VHF/UHF antenna when power to the converter is removed.

2 Responses to Mint-Tin Software Defined Radio

  1. Pingback: Un convertisseur pour SDR dans une boite de « pastilles de menthe » | Actu-Radioamateur Un convertisseur pour SDR dans une boite de « pastilles de menthe » | Revue de presse de l'actualité radioamateur, et

  2. Nice misleading title you’ve got there.

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