Xarma
Xarma is a CW transceiver for the 3.5 MHz amateur band built around CMOS/TTL chips. The name
means "enchanted" in the ancient Euskera language.
Some of it's features are:
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250 mW power output over 50 Ohms antenna
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Direct conversion receiver.
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Low power consumption, portable use.
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Use of very inexpensive parts, readily available.
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Able to be augmented by SDR transceiver such as M0KGK or WinRad.
The transceiver is being developed, upgrades and modifications should be expected.
You could also see the
schematic
. The circuit has been published first at my
blog
.
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