Why this rig

I'm somewhat heeding the advce on SolderSmoke: I won't be trying to build a SDR multiband multimode transceiver as my first homebrew project.

But looking at the block and circuit diagrams, a QRP transceiver made up of solid state componets looks both like a solid, challenging effort, and something that isn't so far past my knowledge that I'll stall out. I'll skip over the Michigan Mighty Mite...

I also love hearing Pete's contributions on SolderSmoke. Seems like building a radio of his design would be fitting.

This post kicks off a build log. I'll update as plans progress, as designs get drawn up, as solder gets smoked, as modules get tested, and hopefully as I make new QSOs on a new rig.

I'm calling this project the PJPT20. The current state of the design — open questions, decisions, and eventually schematics and test notes — lives on the PJPT20 project page.

72/73, WA1ANT