The “DX FT8” Portable QRPp FT8 Transceiver Project

A 5-band FT8 QRP transceiver with a wonderful color GUI is a good looking open source project you can build yourself

I caught wind of this recently and felt it was worth sharing. It’s a 5-band (10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m) QRP FT8 Transceiver that also handles logging internally.

Based on their previous work together, the tiny radio is a new collaboration between W5BAA and WB2CBA that features a large 4.3″ color touchscreen GUI in a compact design.

Looks like transmit power is less than 1 watt, so take that into account before going and ordering a kit to build your own. Kit ordering information is available on their GitHub page, but some parts must be sourced from Mauser or Digi-Key.

While there doesn’t seem to be any reviews of the radio from others, you can watch a YT video of it from the builders, showing off some of the functionality and features: