So i got excited and wired up the tx rx switching and the extra relay and got on the contest tonight to see if I can make a qso or 2. Well i didnt get there, but hey I tried, that first qso will come soon enough. 5 to 10w in the contest was probably not going to cut it with the time of day and conditions not perfect.
But as a concept, it works. Its not all that practical, tuning both the transmitter and the receiver to the same frequency and then flipping the switch and keying the transmitter. I am really going to have to work on some auto switching method so i can just key and having a single vfo dealing with both the transmitter and receiver would be nice.
So next thing after the hand held will be a receiver to mate with this and some integration to make it work as a transceiver should. All in all though, this has been a good learning experience and totally worth it and its been fun also.
