The often-told story: You do not want to know how the sausage is made. (The same goes for Haggis!) But today I thought I would share my process on how I convert schematics to Circuit Boards that will be cut on the CNC. The process starts with two critical tools and those are the schematic and a piece of quad graph paper (.25X.25 squares). BTW for those ever welded to Manhattan (sort of Ugly type) construction this same process works FB. Our schematic in this case the 5894 RF amp has a lot of small parts that make up the total amp. In the old days this called for metal bashing, cutting holes in a chunk of aluminum and then finding all of those terminal strips. Lot of holes to be drilled and tons of nuts, washers and bolts! A fundamental pre-cursor is to understand how the circuit works and to also be confident you have not built in some unwanted feedback loops when you make the layout. The additional consideration is that this will be a compact sized amp and Circuit Boards facilitate
J ust a bit of Calendar magic today! But a fact that the 5th of May celebrations are just around the corner and is soon to be upon us. So, look at the calendar and see who was born in early February and count backwards. One of mine has a February 8th birthday. So, what was in the Gold Box? You have some serious clues provided to you. It is an accessory and is small in size. It needs power but has no Computer or MCU. I could have been a "sneaky Pete" and dropped all sorts of hints like could it be a small enclosure with a 6" powered speaker inside. How about a Station Control Box? I keep saying I need these two things and certainly these two items fit the clues. Maybe it is a microphone patch panel to switch between a Dynamic or Condenser Microphone and includes a Two-Tone Test Generator along with the microphones? I always wanted a SWR Bridge with a 4-inch 50uA meter on the front panel. That would be a really nice station accessory. In addition to not being a new SSB