DART-70 ======= In 2023, the 70MHz band became accessible to amateurs in Switzerland. This offers an excuse to build a transciever. See dart70-blockdiagram.pdf * Enclosure: Hammond 511-0900 Receive gain: S9 is -93dBm, S1 is -141dBm -141 -1 +16 -1 -7 +16 -4 +60 -7 +30 = -39 dBm Transmit gain: -6 -7 -4 +16 -4 -7 -1 -1 +15 +15 +15 -1 = 30 dBm ## To order * Enclosure 511-0900 * Cable 15134-0803 * Microphone MH34-B4B * encoder and potentiometer knob * Ordered: * Adafruit 292 and 181 ## TODO * Double-check height with pin headers * Bottom silkscreen * Add silkscreen info for headers, pinouts and testpoints * Position of holes for vertical boards * Clearance for ethernet magnetics * Placement and clearance for front connectors ## Notes * Mixer termination * https://www.qsl.net/g3oou/mixerterminations.html * https://www.changpuak.ch/electronics/calc_16a.php * http://land-boards.com/blwiki/index.php?title=Kits_and_Parts_Mixers SPK click: LM386 was wired as 46dB gain on Picardy 2020 LM4865 (20dB gain) + gain stage and volume control like https://www.mikrocontroller.net/attachment/315502/Zwischenablage01.png https://mbonnin.net/posts/2011-01-05_bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaalarm-clock/lm386.png https://groups.io/g/BITX20/topic/4995877