RA8876 DX FT8 V3.0

Several years ago (June 2023) I put together a version of our FT 8 code based on the RA8876 Display.

The RA887 Display Code and Interface Board were plagiarized from this site: https://oshwlab.com/k7mdl/v2-1_7-inch_teensy_pcb

Also, the base FT8 Encoding / Decoding Algorithms are based on work by Karlis Goga:

https://github.com/kgoba/ft8_lib

As you will see this version made use of the 1024 X 600 Display to show locations of worked FT8 Stations on a World Map. https://www.buydisplay.com/spi-7-inch-tft-lcd-dislay-module-1024x600-ra8876-optl-touch-screen-panel

For whatever reason I can not remember why I put this work aside.

Now with the success with the DX_FT8 project I have revived my interest in this project.

So I designed and had fabricated a board which works with either a DX-FT8 Five Band

or Seven Band Board with the only modification of replacing a user fabricated audio interface cable with a simple three pin header pin for a direct connection.

I was pleased that the five boards that were fabricated by JCLPCB required no modification to work with my DX_FT8 boards. All parts requiring installation are through hole parts.

Please use this link for board design and programming details:

https://github.com/chillmf/RA8876_DX_FT8?tab=readme-ov-fil

If you wish to discuss details please give we a shout on this Groups IO Group.

(https://dxft8.groups.io/g/main/messages).

Charley, W5BAA