Thanks for that Jim. Weird that they designed it that way! I think I'll change the rig so I can use "normal" cables. 73 Steve

Looking for experience and info. 73 STeve

Nothing here in VT either from my OCF up 80'.

Ok, the instructions I downloaded says 330 ohm, the checklist with the kit says 100 ohm. Which is it? 73 Steve

Ha! Too much monitoring and not enough CQing. I left my big rig on 7030.7 for hours and didn't hear squat. Steve W1SfR Sent from my iPad

That happened to me the other day when I was troubleshooting a LiL Squall that I built a while ago and had to wait for another transistor to get it fired up. Well when I removed the old transistor the

I much prefer the navy knob and/or skirt. Index and middle finger on knob and thumb and ring finger on skirt Steve Roberts

Got to love it. Worked Asiatic Russia on 5W with my KX1. 5500 miles. Steve W1SFR

Amen brother. My ham world changed a billion fold when I got my OCF up 80' in my maple trees. It will remain the best $150 I ever spent in this hobby. Before that I had a Par End Fed cut for 40M slopi

Aside from using a usb cable and 5V source, I was wondering if this would work with a couple of AA batteries. http://www.ebay.com/itm/USB-DC-DC-Converter-3V-to-5V-1A-Adjustable-Step-up-Boost-Power-Sup

I just occurred to me that when I built the rig the wire I used for the power in was heavier gauge than spec'd and I could only get one turn around the ferrite choke. Could that be the problem? Maybe

I spoke too soon. It worked fine for about 5 minutes then the keyer went whacky again. Now I'm getting weird sounds when I key down. If I hit the switch the sidetone sounds fine, but as soon as I star

Ok guys, here's an update. Well, the keyer chip has mysteriously rebooted itself and is now working. Don't ask me what happened. I took the rig to the shop and checked everything. I found that the sto

I decided to try to realign my xmit freq and adjusted the cap so I heard a good signal on 7030.7 on my big rig. After doing that, I put everything back together and hooked it up and now I don't have a

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 tweakin

Well, I'd say that was easy enough. Thanks! Making the last tweaks and wiring up the pots etc now. 73 Steve

Ok. I got the Pig Rig built and now I have to calibrate and align it. I don't have a freq counter or a 10V source. I can figure out how to step the voltage down from my power source, but was wondering

I went ahead and ordered one. Free shipping from China for $25. 73 Steve

I see a lot of LC meters on ebay. Do you think one of these might do the trick or are they too cheap. http://www.ebay.com/itm/L-C-F-5pF-1uF-0-05uH-500H-Inductance-Capacitance-High-Precision-LC-Meter-C

Hi Don, Well I can't see spending $150 for an LC meter although it would be nice to have one. I'm not really a electronic tech by any means so it's really hard to justify the expense. And from a pract