I managed to squeeze in about 75 minutes of assembly time in tonight. The board for the front panel controls is now complete. The next step is adding the SSB parts to front panel and the mic adapter kit.

I would not even have the SSB option kit except for the fact this radio will be the
IF rig for some of my transverters. Otherwise it would be a QRP CW rig for me.

Tonight's assembly was pretty straight forward. I will need to try to take some more
pictures if/when time permits. It was very relaxing to melt some solder and follow
the assembly instructions.