18 Jun 2021

MeSquares


For "one-off" projects, MeSquares can be a good solution. The photo shows my 10FT8R RX using MeSquares.

These are simply snapped out and glued down to plain copper clad board. The copper clad board makes an excellent RF ground plane and the MeSquares excellent islands. 

If glued down carefully (unlike mine!), a very neat layout is possible.

See www.qrpme.com .

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2 comments:

  1. G1KQHFri Jun 18, 01:36:00 pm GMT+1

    A cheaper idea, is to use single sided copper clad board cut into 1cm Squares glued down on the main board,

    73 Steve

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  2. Roger G3XBMFri Jun 18, 02:34:00 pm GMT+1

    I agree with Steve. If you are happy to score the board and chop them out, this is every bit as good. With thin board, you can probably cut pads with wire cutters? Not tried this, so don't blame me if you blunt your cutters!

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