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sBitx v3

sBitxv3 - First look

Visit www.sbitx.net for manuals, how-tos, articles.

sBitx v3 – Board Only $180 | sBitx v3 – Full Radio with RPI4/2GB

$399*

* Only The Full radio at $399 (plus shipping) comes with 30 days warranty
against manufacturing defects. The $180 board is without any warranty

The sBitx is an open source, high performance Hybrid SDR for the 21st century
radio amateurs. It is powered by an internal Raspberry Pi 4, it has CW/FT8/etc,
logging software, macros, spotting – all preconfigured and working out of the
box.

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sBitxv3 - Basic controls

7 inch touch screen: The largest display shipped with a transceiver

Integrated Modes: CW, logging is integrated into the radio, no setup and wires
to deal with.
Noiseless performance from it’s all electronic T/R switching, fanless power
amplifier and electronically selected filters.
Temperature Compensated Crystal Oscillator to provide rock solid, low phase
noise operation.
Band-stacking VFOs with 4 memories on each of the 8 bands,
Audio Tracking Filter variable from 50 Hz to 4000 Hz
High performance electronics with a passive-FET front end, 8 crystals’ filter
and a low phase noise, temperature compensated crystal oscillator.
Editable macros that make it a breeze to work DX or compete in contests.
High Accuracy Real Time Clock for accurate logging and FT8 timings
Web-based Remote Operation from your PC/tablet/phone. Works without any
downloads, just use your browser.
Add a second screen with the HDMI port

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FT8
sBitx v3 - FT8 Operation

FT8 that works out of the box.

One touch operation. Touch to call CQ or start the contact
Automatically logs all the QSOs into the built-in logbook
In-built, high accuracy, real-tme clock

CW with logging and Macros

sBitxv3 - CW operation

Totally noiseless, fast electronic T/R without noisy relays

In-built N1MM style Macros support Running and S&P

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Sensitive decoder
Raised cosine cw keying with perfect shaping
Continuously variable filter from 3 KHz to 50 Hz
Use the onscreen touch keyboard or add a USB/wireless keyboard for effortless
CW sending

SSB

The sBitx, uses convolution SDR technology and a 7 element crystal filter to
provide superb sound quality with punchy clarity.

Built-in microphone and touch screen PTT as an alternative to plugging in a

mic
It works with any other mic (standard audio jack)
Transmit IMD of 30 db
Receiver with variable receiver bandwidth from 3KHz to 1.8 Khz
Built-in two tone generator to align external linear amplifier or tune your
antenna

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Logger and Logbook

In-built Logger and Logbook with RDMS support.

N1MM style logger with macros and automatic logging of contacts with the
frequency, mode, time automatically filled in.
Use macros on CW/FT8 to send out standard messages with the press of a
button/key.
Look up the Callsigns from QRZ.com

High Performance Radio

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Bulletproof hybrid superhet with passive-FET KISS mixer

Brickwall crystal filter with 8 crystals
80 db close-in dynamic range, 90 dB wide dynamic range
Low phase noise, temperature compensated reference oscillator
25-10 watts output on all bands from 80 M to 10 M
transmit IMDR of30 dB (from PEP levels)
Silent, fanless operation
Noiseless electronic T/R and band switching.
In-built 2-tone transmitter to tune the antenna and measure IMD

Telnet

See the spots, dx clusters on the radio with in-built telnet to DX Clusters, Reverse
Beacon, PSK Reporter, etc.

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Hackable code, skinnable GUI

Full source code, circuit and explanations on github.com/afarhan/sbitx

Write custom apps in javascript without learning SDR coding
Open source, hackable SDR written in C
Develop your own skins and UI in HTML/CSS/Javascript
More modes and functions planned.

Go POTA, Go SOTA, Go Wild

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The sBitx will neatly slip into your backpack with its compact, slim size of 10
inch x 6 inches x 2 inches and weight of under 4 pounds (less than 2 KGs) with
room to spare. With its 25 watt transmit output, it is the most powerful radio
you can put into your backpack.
It is armed with an XT60 power connector that you can use with lightweight 3S
LiPo batteries to provide hours of field operation (The receive current is 600
mA, the transmit current can go up to 6 A depending upon the drive settings).
The built-in mic and the onscreen keyboard, macros makes it easy to operate
all modes, voice/digital or CW without a key, mic or an extra computer in the
field.
It has an accurate real-time clock to time FT8 transmissions and log the
contacts made.
The built-in logger eliminates the need to carry the logbook too.

Access and operate your sBitx over the home Wifi

With your sbitx connected to the home wifi, just open http://sbitx.local on the
browser of your phone/tab/pc and start operating your radio!
With the bigger screen of your PC or tablet, you can have an expanded user
interface of the sbitx

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Accessibility & Command line support

The sBitx project is committed to

providing eye-free usage for the sbitx.
As a first step, this release features a
command line interface that provides
all the features of the GUI.

Brief Specifications

Receive; 500 KHz to 30 MHz,

Transmit: 3500-4000, 7000-

Frequency 7300,10000-10150, 14000-14350,
18000-18200, 21000-21450, 24800-
25000, 28000-29700 (KHz)

25 watts on 80M – 20M, 10 watts

Power Output
higher bands

Receive: 600 mA
Power Consumption
Transmit : 9A

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Two VFOs A and B, with split

operation, tunable in steps of 100 KHz,
10 KHz, 1 KHz, 100Hz and 10 Hz.
VFOs Direct frequency entry from the
keyboardRIT : Receiver incremental
tuning +/- 25 KHz
Split operation: Cross band

4 frequencies/modes on each band,

Band stacking selectable by repeatedly pressing the
band switch.

USB, LSB, CW, CW-Reverse, FT8 (with

on-display decoding and sending),
other modes supported through on-
Modes
radio apps like FlDigi, etc.
2-Tone test signal for intermodulation
testing and PEP measurements.

Built-in logger with N1MM format

Logging macros, Auto incremental Exchange
number of contesting.

Recording Record your QSOs int WAV format files

Fldigi: FLdigi intergrated via xml-rpc.

Third party apps QRZ.com: Queries your contact’s
callsign on qrz.com

Receiver Noise Figure: 15 dB, IIP3 : +28 dBm

Upto 25 watts of variable output power

Transmitter Better than -43 dBc suppression of
spurious signals

Connects to RBN and DX clusters from

Telnet
the radio

The sBitx-v3 measures 10″x 6″ x 2″ and weights about 4 pounds (2Kgs)

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Buy the Fully Assembled sBitx-v3

$399 (+shipping 30 USD)

Buy a fully assembled and tested sBitx-v3. This includes:

1. Fully assembled and tested sBitx-v3 with Raspberry 4, 2 GB RAM

2. 7 inch capacitive touch display
3. 32 GB SD card installed with software
4. XT60 power connector with wires soldered
5. Microphone
6. 30 days warranty on all parts

Buy just the sBitx-v3 board

$180 USD (+ 20 USD shipping)

Buy a fully tested sBitx-v3 board with the heatsink mounted. Build your own
customized sBitx for fun and hacking. Included are:

1. A fully tested sBitx-v3 board with heatsink mounted

2. 32 GB SD card loaded with the sbitx software
3. Tuning/Function encoders mounted on the front-panel PCB with the
connecting cable
4. XT60 connector with wires to connect to the power supply
5. M3 mounting nuts, screws and stand-offs
6. Power switch with leads to plug into the PCB

You will have to supply your own box, display, mouse, keyboard, microphone and
Raspberry Pi 4 or Raspberry Pi Zero 2W
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