Bottom of the food chain ???? Really ? And I always thought a Proctologist held that honor !! NA1MH

If you are tuning around 'real' slow looking for it, you'll never find it. Tune toward where you think it should be, just as if you are trying to change the freq. by a couple of MHz. You'll need the A

If you have a "skinny" Banana Binding post, it looks like it could be mounted just a hair more than 1/2" from the center of the BNC and not interfere with the BNC. It will crowd it a bit, but not inte

It may be that if you mount a single banana binding post on the front panel near the BNC Antenna connector, you make contact with the BNC center connection and the banana binding post and accomplish t

Good idea Jim.

That's pretty cool, I will have to give that a try. NA1MH

To each their own.

Don, I agree with you. I hate it when someone responds to an e-mail post, and the only thing it says is something like "Yes John Doe, I agree with You". You never know what the heck was the original p

Yes, but that is easy to add a ground to the Key and keep it isolated from the front panel. It is the Key, Phone and Power jacks that will be difficult to isolate from the front panel. NA1MH

The good news is, I now have my Bayou Jumper Spotting function working as one would expect it to, with the Front Panel on top of the circuit board. [note I didn't say mounted] The Bad News follows...

Also, Front Panel on or off does have a considerable effect on the tuning frequency of the receiver. I have worked on mine to the point I can spot my crystal frequency with acceptable accuracy, but on

I have been experimenting with mine today. First thing I did was change R17, in the Tx circuit, from 1K to 6.8K in an attempt to lower the output of the spotting signal, assuming the R17 & D1 were sti

Also, I shared a few text clarifications for the manual with NM0S, but I see they have not made their way to you yet. NA1MH

BTW, the cover sheet (page 1) still shows Revision "1.2". NA1MH

Jim, Nice crystal tester/spotter. Could you also post just the PCB artwork for those of us with homebrewing PCB capability ? Or is that something you would rather share on a one-on-one basis ? NA1MH

Hey John, You reference going to QRPcontest.com for rules etc. If that is where people need to go for info on SSS, do we need to keep that info on the 4sqrp web site anymore ? And are both sites being

You are right, I also used a modelers razor saw to cut the shaft. Instead of bending the lock washer, I used a Danco #8 O-Ring (from Lowes) to retain the switch key. It fit snug enough you will never

Sorry, bad memory.... The instructions I am using is version 1.1 and it does say 1/4", and I stand by that dimension being too much to remove from the switch shaft. Measuring my switch, I have 1/4" re

Walter, I agree. I read the instructions to cut off 1/2" and it looked to me to be excessive. I did some measuring and ended up cutting off less so the knobs brass insert would not bottom out on the s

Thanks. NA1MH