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HEADERS AND AN IC.  DESPITE BEING ORDERED FROM GERMANY, FIFI ARRIVED WITHIN
A WEEK BY AIR MAIL.  THE PACKAGE CONTAINED THE PRE POPULATED MAIN AND
RESELECTOR BOARDS AND THE REMAINING KIT COMPONENTS SEE FIGURE 1, ALONG WITH
A CD ROM.  THE FIFI MANUAL IS ON THE CD AS A PDF DOCUMENT IN THE BAUMAPPE
FOLDER, BUT THERE IS A CATCH IT IS WRITTEN ENTIRELY IN GERMAN AND THERE IS
NO ENGLISH TRANSLATION AVAILABLE.  THIS MIGHT SEEM LIKE A SHOW STOPPER, BUT
IT IS IMPORTANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT YOUR ONLY TASK IS TO SOLDER FEW
COMPONENTS ONTO THE MAIN BOARD, JOIN THE MAIN AND PRESELECTOR BOARDS
TOGETHER AT THE HEADER, SLIDE EVERYTHING INTO FIFIS BRUSHED ALUMINUM
ENCLOSURE AND ATTACH THE END PANELS.  EVEN IF YOU CANT READ A WORD OF
GERMAN, YOU CAN STILL FOLLOW THE IMAGES AND DIAGRAMS TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS.
MY TOTAL ASSEMBLY TIME AMOUNTED TO JUST 20 MINUTES.  IF YOU RUN INTO
DIFFICULTY, I RECOMMEND THE ENGLISH FIFI SDR WEBSITE AT HTTP//O28. SISCHA.
NET/ FIFISDR.  YOULL FIND A GREAT DEAL OF INFORMATION THERE, WITH A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT OF IT IN ENGLISH.  CONNECTING FIFI TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD
IS A MATTER OF HOOKING UP TWO CABLES.  THE ANTENNA CONNECTION IS MADE
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