{"id":1158,"date":"2020-11-15T15:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-11-15T12:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?p=1158"},"modified":"2020-11-15T23:50:53","modified_gmt":"2020-11-15T20:50:53","slug":"built-the-atu-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/built-the-atu-100\/","title":{"rendered":"Built the ATU 100"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>So, I wanted to add an ATU to the \u00b5Bitx v5 I have. Because I&#8217;m <s>cheap<\/s> an amateur hobbyist (and I like putting kits together), the decision went to the N7DDC ATU 100 tuner. I got the kit from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/4001108899453.html\" target=\"_blank\">Aliexpress<\/a>. The case is from <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thingiverse.com\/thing:4596191\" target=\"_blank\">Thingiverse<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>good quality PCB, no problems in soldering<\/li><li>all SMDs already soldered<\/li><li>PIC preprogrammed<\/li><li>enough enameled copper wire for all coils<\/li><li>got a left over capacitor, no idea why<\/li><li>pins for one button only; other kits I&#8217;ve seen online had 3 button breakouts &#8230; should not be a problem, the other two seem optional.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>There are plenty build guides available online, so I won&#8217;t add anything here. Just go slowly, start with small parts first and be careful with the relays &#8211; they&#8217;re a tight fit. The only fine tweak was measuring all coils with the NanoVNA to ensure they&#8217;re close to the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Dfinitski\/N7DDC-ATU-100-mini-and-extended-boards\" target=\"_blank\">specifications<\/a>. BTW, I quite liked <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/dx.to\/atu-7x7\/\" target=\"_blank\">PG5M&#8217;s build<\/a>. Worst part was probably the binocular core wrapping, but I got it done.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-5 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1162\" data-link=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?attachment_id=1162\" class=\"wp-image-1162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_case-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">3D printed case<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1163\" data-link=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?attachment_id=1163\" class=\"wp-image-1163\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_front-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Case front<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1164\" data-link=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?attachment_id=1164\" class=\"wp-image-1164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_back-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Case back<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1160\" data-link=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?attachment_id=1160\" class=\"wp-image-1160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_alive-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">It&#8217;s alive !<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1165\" data-full-url=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1.jpg\" data-link=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/?attachment_id=1165\" class=\"wp-image-1165\" srcset=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/atu_100_idle-1-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-item__caption\">Idle<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, I should start reading the manual &#8211; but, as will be detailed in a next post, it&#8217;s quite straightforward and automatic to use.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I wanted to add an ATU to the \u00b5Bitx v5 I have. Because I&#8217;m cheap an amateur hobbyist (and I like putting kits together), the decision went to the N7DDC ATU 100 tuner. I got the kit from Aliexpress. The case is from Thingiverse. good quality PCB, no problems in soldering all SMDs already<a class=\"continue-link\" href=\"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/built-the-atu-100\/\">&#8230;(Continue Reading)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-1158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hardware","tag-atu100"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1158"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1195,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1158\/revisions\/1195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yo9eat.com\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}