What I would like to know is how Leo Meyerson was able to turn a drill press into a lapping machine. As mentioned keeping the sides flat and parallel are key. I could never do it. Could

I hope its ok that I post this here. I have restocked my version of the CW Zero beat kits. They can be purchased here: CW Zero Beat 73 Happy Holidays! -- David N8DAH Kit-Projects.com Shop

Cool! WQ8S/Mark

Hello :) I have done a bit of crystal grinding myself ! Can`t say it is much fun though ! Can take serious time :) Crystals are ground on a machine ! All a ham can really do is lapping ! or he could

Rex, A local ham buddy has one of your new X-Checkers, and loves it. He showed it to me, great design. He is a NRR (Novice rig roundup) NRN (Novice Rig Night) operator, so he needs crystals too!

I have the following kits for sale as a bundle ($100 ppd via Paypal). All are unbuilt. Softrock 40 (w/printed manual) Softrock 40R 4SQ QRP KD1JV Digital Power/SWR meter 38 Special (w/printed

4Staters, Many years ago, I hung out with a couple of pals, Darell WA3OPY & Ron AC5UR, who both worked at ICM. Darell was their crystal engineer and Ron was his right

Chas, Does it work better then the old Radio Shack one.

Congrats John!! Welcome to the CW world. Great to have you aboard. 72/73 Jerry - W0PWE

NK80 CHARLES N9EGT WAYNE WG5F ED N3BXZ TATE WW9H JIM N0SO MIKE KV6Z BILL AC0BQ JOHNNY THANKS FOR ANOTHER GREAT NET MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL 73'S BERT N0YJ

Ge Group Not quite as busy as last week but a good net as well. Check in’s were: WA9PWP W2SH K3NLT W0PWE RELAY KV6Z thanks for the check in’s! Merry Christmas 🎄 AC0BQ -- Check out the 4SQRP

Hmmm Were you on at 0200z? I didn’t hear a trace. I think I heard a trace of W2SH. I then moved down to 7030 and worked W6PU in AZ. He told me he was running a kW and a 6 element beam! Wow.

Thank you Bill for your patience and persistence, it was only my 3rd CW contact and not really sure of CW Net protocol ..... you did great to pull that much info out of the junk I sent !! Made my day

Got a couple of new guys tonight: KK4ITX John Fl W0PWE Jerry Ia W2SH Chas NJ 73 Bill KV6Z

AC0BQ, suggested what is your favorite portable operation location, or most interesting, or most productive or what ever else made a particular location or situation interesting.

Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 19 December 2018 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Description: The 40 Meter Net will be at 8:00 pm

One more thing I forgot! If you don't want ear splitting sidetone volume, change R8 to 100K instead of the 22K that comes with the kit. 72, Chas - NK8O

Charlie, The Hilltopper firmware is all pretty straight forward. I made some simple modifications to mine and it works FB. Sidetone frequency/offset, and tuning time are the things I changed. 5

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 19 December 2018 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 19 December 2018 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The