Dave, If you like the idea of the Pixie, but want a more usable version, try the one from Nightfire Electronics: http://vakits.com/catalog/ham-radio-kits They sell an improved version of the Pixie

for practice I desoldered an old board and asked her to resolder them yesterday. Almost all were good the first time and all were fine after a rework.

Take your time.. deep breaths but not of the smoke.. treat the iron like a hot pan from the oven.. don't pick it up until you know where you are going with it and that you have someplace to put it

No words of encouragement for a new solderess? One of the reasons she chose this particular kit is that included a handful of crystals.

Also try John, KC9ON, at 3rd Planet Solar over in Gaylord, MI. He has tons of crystals and also a switch board to use many crystals and just switch between them. HW 8 stuff and repair, among many

Thanks for the Ebay mention Gwen! There are more Pixie & QRP goodies on the main web site including a Pixie, Switch, & Crystals bundled together. Most of the kits are geared toward easy

Hello Gwen. That is also KC9ON, John Clements. I am not sure if John is a member of this list but he is a member of several QRP related lists. His website is:

I'll try that. I have a Hi-Per-Mite lot in my box of small kits waiting to be built. Gwen, NG3P

I'd recommend adding a 4 States Hi-Per-Mite kit audio filter to make it more enjoyable to use. 72 Carl WB0CFF

100mw to 350 mw Mark/WQ8S

I am new to 4SQRP group and have been learning a lot from following some of these email threads, so thanks all. This Pixie kit looks like a ton of fun for the money. Can someone tell me the power

I had a lot of fun and learned a lot from building this receiver: http://www.learnmorsecode.com/DC/index.html Total components cost was about $6. I spent more on batteries than

I got a multi-crystal switch board and a bunch of crystals from "possumlodge" on Ebay. He's very responsive to questions, and his prices are good. I got 40m crystals for my Pixies, 80m for my Cricket

My wife ke0qfr wanted a project to practice soldering on. I suggested that she try the Pixie. Seemed like most Chinese distributed kits contained a 7.023 mc crystal. Out of band for a General. We

Bill, I will attempt the 5pm CST and the 8pm CST which is my 6p & 9p. I play cards from 7 to 9 at the Clubhouse on Wednesdays so I can't be part of the whole test. There may be others in the same

To all, I will try to be there for the times before 0100 UTC/Z I have to be at my appointment at 0100. Russ K3NLT

Great Idea Bill I will do something similar for 80 meters in Two weeks. I’m on Civic duty next week for my water authority. 73 Johnny AC0BQ -- Check out the 4SQRP website at 4sqrp.com

Dale -- You can send messages to the 4SQRP group by addressing them to: main@4SQRP.groups.io Tim N9PUZ 4SQRP Co-Moderator

Wish to send messages to the Group . Tks Dale wb8woj

There were some really good responses (both on this reflector and on the Digital net) that addressed the problem with the Wednesday night 40m Net. Thank you everybody for your suggestions. I took a