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

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.

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

That's Tuna TIN ! Damn these cold fingers :-)

Don't forget the Cricket family. http://www.4sqrp.com/cricket30.php https://www.tindie.com/products/NM0S_qrp/cricket-80a-minimalist-80m-cw-transceiver/ They are very easy to build

Yeah but she has the Pixie on order as I stated in the first post. No jumping the gun hams.

Here is a couple examples of what to expect with Pixie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZDeMXy4WGc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz7wefTTz6w

I made my first Cricket 80a contact on February 3, 2019 @ 0221z with Grady, AJ4YA in North Carolina. I am in Kentucky. The distance between us is approximately 437 miles. Grady was running 5w with a

Gary- Congratulations on that first Cricket QSO! Hope you enjoy many more- 73, Dave

Don't forget Breadboard Radio. They have great first time kits. http://www.breadboardradio.com/breadboardradio/Products.html Dave K8WPE

Hi Dave Thanks for your comments, she has the pixie to build I don't think she will be wanting to build the 50 dollar kit. Her regular hf radio is a ubitx. Paid 70 for the used boards and slipped

And, as N0SO reminded me, if it smells like chicken, you're holding the wrong end of the soldering iron! Don't forget the February Second Sunday Sprint coming up on Sunday (10th).

I have the T-Shirt and wore it to OzarkCon last year !! David Martin - NA1MH - Mountain Home, Ar. ----------------------------------------- Wherever I go, there He is.

I wear that shirt during the kit building portion of our local BSA Electronics Merit Badge sessions at STEM Summer Camp. 72 de Mike, N0SO

GA Everyone, Sales for the Cricket 30 have been reopened. Thank you for your patience 72 - Ron - AG1P 4SQRP Volunteer New CricketMaster 4SQRP Volunteer Webmaster

Reminder: Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 6 February 2019 8:00pm to 9:00pm (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40

Hello Dave, The "spurs" that you see are DSP artifacts from the way I tapped into the IF of the Orion. I have since moved from an IF tap on to a SDRplay RX with an MFJ-1708SDR switching box and using

Or you're holding it like this: https://petapixel.com/assets/uploads/2016/03/stockphotowoman-500.jpg -- Tom Sevart N2UHC St. Paul, KS

I accidentally did that when I was 15. I thought I'd unplugged the iron, and picked it up by the wrong end, grabbing the heating element rather than the tip. I didn't even feel pain from it at

Glad to give you a mention, John, you had just what I needed, and you got them to me quickly and for a really good price. I'll check out your website and see if there are some other goodies I can