Depending on how much a hurry you are and what hamfests you have access to you might look around for a Metcal. I traded some stuff for one and it is the best solder station I've ever touched. I've

Congrats Bert! ---------------------------------- I love this radio stuff ! 72 WA�ITP www.wa0itp.com www.4sqrp.com www.qrpspots.com

Thanks guys. I've been dying to get 1000 miles per watt on SSB. And yes, Wayne, that darn old W3EDP wire did it again. I was actually going to go outside today and put that 9:1 balun in. I got too

Well #168 has officially squealed and been heard by Johnny AC0BQ, and the little fella successfully detected Johnny's signal and relayed it to my ears like a good little pig should, this was in spite

Thanks for the info Terry. The Pig Rig'sdefault sidetone freq of about 625 cycles is perfect for myears. And, like you, I find 700 to be a bit high. Goodto know that it may take a bit more than 15

QRQ is alive and well. In the Ozark QRP Banner, we have Chuck - AA0HW, as a guest author. He is one of the QRQ leaders and is the keeper of the Internet I-QRQ world. Chuck, is a big fan of our CW

I mistyped that Herb, sri. The sidetone is560 comparing a computer audio generator that I use. The HPMknocks it down a fair amount but it's useable. I didchange C27 to 15p in order to get enough

 I remember you mentioned doing that. Onethng I dont like is the harshness of static crashes thru the HPM. Doesyours sound like that? Softer crashes when not in the circuit and harsherwhen in?

Not today Terry, I've been at RARSfest all day, but I've been usingthat combo with great success from day one on the Pig Rig. All I need to do nowis put some volume control on the sidetone. Mine is

That sounds interesting.� Once in a while I'll do sessions with RUFZ to try to bump my maximum up.� BTW, you mis-typed the call, it's N5DWI.�

What I've heard from the smart guys is that the MPF102 is specified with a pretty broad range of parameters, so lots of other JFETs will fit between those ditches. I'm liking the 2N3819

I have the tiny, smaller version of those paddles and it's almost too small for me to use. I tried holding in in one hand and using it with the other, but my hand got tired holding it. So I devised

I just fired up my pig rig for the first time and still haven't tuned it in but it sends and receives close to the target freq. I heard a lot of background noise and I think the bandpass needs

You must have changed out the 12 pf with the15pf??? Is that enough to raise the rx tone to 700cycles?? Using the 12 pf and with my TX adjusted to 7030.690- 7030.7 my rx tone is about 450 to maybe 500

I just stuck the Hi_per_Mite on the pigrig. Man does it ever clean up the sidetone. Lots of QRN on 40 today so it's probobly not a fair test of the HPM but it sounds vy good so far. Anyone else

Hi Guys! Just a week till OzarkCon!Wheeeeee. I was googling the web a couple of days ago - thatinfinite web - and again ran across a part of our hobby calledQRQ: yes it is the cousin of QRS but much

You can also check with Futurlec.com. However, the part will be coming from Hong Kong so it will take about 20 days to get here. B & G micro in Dallas has a number of FETs also. BTW, I quit using

Terry, Yes I actually have all three, the mounted on the base one, the "free floating" one and the miniture one. Gifted to me years ago by a Ham chum of mine who lived in MI, Don't dare ask me to find

Been playing with a new Te-Ne-Ke, an entirely different paddle design, with different feel. http://w8cso.org/index.php?page=teneke Fun little thing tho and just the thing for a back up portable

Congrats Dan! Good job. 72 Johnny AC0BQ