{"id":16826,"date":"2026-04-05T05:18:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/?p=16826"},"modified":"2026-04-05T05:18:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:48:46","slug":"lmr-sdr-kit-is-here-now-for-assembling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/techworld\/lmr-sdr-kit-is-here-now-for-assembling\/","title":{"rendered":"LMR SDR Kit is Here! Now for assembling!"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WLTHcGlK7t8?si=YxgbQQyAWlW-tB5X\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">VU3GEX had painstakingly compiled several of these LMR SDR 1.1 kits and distributed it to several potential homebrewers in 2023. Some of them moved on to other projects so that I was happy to source one kit from one of them. PCB and important ICs were sourced from VU3ZOF earlier, though the ICs are there in this kit as well. May be I can use them as spares in case of need. Hoping to start assembling this kit soon, though I am yet to find a full manual. There are some web resources from the developers of this project and I do have the circuit diagram sent by VU3ZOF. Though LMR SDR is currently in its version 1.7 with a built in amplifier giving about 15W output, I want to try my luck at this version which has been successfully homebrewed by a few others in this region.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>VU3GEX had painstakingly compiled several of these LMR SDR 1.1 kits and distributed it to several potential homebrewers in 2023. Some of them moved on to other projects so that I was happy to source one kit from one of them. 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