I chose the Soft66db because it was reasonably priced and there were no surface mount components. I am fairly inexperienced with surface mount construction and decided to stick with a circuit that I knew I could build successfully. The experience has certainly whetted my appetite for another SDR project and I may venture into the realms of surface mount in the future.
Neil G7AQK --- In [email protected], "drmail377" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Neil, > > Sometimes where there a lot of SMT parts like bypass caps, a kit > manufacturer will include extras as they have a tendency to "jump" off > the tweezers, never to be seen again. By now, I'm sure there's a whole > Colony of SMT parts plotting against me somewhere in the shack! > > May I ask why you chose to build the Soft66B receiver? It seems like a > dated design; a 4066 instead of an FST3253 for the QSD and relatively > noisy LM358 op-amps. Wouldn't one of the recent Softrock kits have > been a better choice both performance and price-wise? > > 73's David, WB4ONA > >
