I didn't see you put the PCB mounting screw back in after you soldered the ground lead to the pad - so that will help ensure a good connection and help eliminate a potential ground loop. If you do continue to see birdies, you might consider soldering a 0.1uF cap from the output of the new switching regulator to ground - some of those can generate RF and a small cap physically close to the source is an easy way to reduce. Fun seeing Ben in the stream - father/son day! Hope the radio works out better now! 🙂
If your child asks you how a solder sucker works, you reply “Let’s take apart and see”. I would be over-the-moon if my son showed any interest in how something worked.
I believe the tab on the linear regulator was thicker than the tabs on the finals which prevented the clamp bar from putting enough pressure on the finals causing over heating. James
Replay crew member. I have a metal scribe type of thing works Great as solder heat sink / ability to press down on soldered wires. Josh what kind of smart watch is that. I need one that does blood pressure / pulse checks.
Have you done the 2nd fix to the Sbitx yet? If you haven't it would make a great RU-vid video, hint, hint. I haven't done the fix to my Sbitx yet. I was hoping for your guidance with a video. LOL
You should drop an email to Hfsignals. I'm sure they would send you out the kit, there really good with customer service. That would be great if you make a video of it. I'm sure there are others that would enjoy it also. Thank you for all you do for the ham community. Robert