Congratulations Jim, N5IB, for a great little kit. This takes all the guesswork out of "where in the heck am I?" I've been having a ball with the BJ since I built the kit. 73 Jack, NI8N

OK, the radio is all together but does not work at all well. I live 20 miles from Baltimore, Washington DC and 15 miles from Frederick Maryland with numerous AM stations still active and yet I hear no

Ge All Tough bands conditions tonight. On top of all the QRN the QSB was horrible on 40 and we had another net move in almost on top of me on 80 Meters. Well other than all of this it was FUN! CHECK I

Johnny, You were 559 on 40m, 2115, in MD near Annapolis on a SS40 RX. 73 Walt K3ASW

My BY jumper will mostly be used in the shack. I have a 'wall wart" whose output is rated at 12V and 3.5A. Someone said the amperage might not be enough to power the transmitter. I can't find any info

I have 2 ground mounted verticals, both happen to be Cushcraft which use a 1.25 inch fiberglass tube. Sometimes a wind gust will bring down the vertical even though have staked guy ropes on each. Or t

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Wednesday Evening 40 and 80 meter Nets When: Wednesday, 10 February 2021 20:00 to 21:00 (GMT-06:00) America/Chicago Where: 40 and 80 Meters Organizer: jomatlock@... Description: The 40 Meter Net will

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I found four washers two are 1.25mm thick the other two are 0.75mm thick. All are metal so this will not protect the speaker frame from being connected to the traces in the holes. These holes are grou

Hey, does anyone in this group have a source for press-on-style chicken head knobs to fit a 6mm split, splined shaft?

I found a simple plastic box that holds nine FT-243 crystals. It is a Swingline staple box. See photo. 73 Jack, NI8N

I finished my kit but ran into problems with the receiver. All I get is Brother Stair's AM shortwave broadcast blasting through. The audio becomes louder as I turn the Attenuator to the right. Regen d

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Hi Fellas ! Don't forget the FBYO Contest today 8am-6pm CDT. http://azscqrpions.org/FYBO 72, Steve WB5CTS/M

Is anyone able to provide a source of additional crystals for the Cricket 40? I'd like to have one for somewhere around 7060-7064 and maybe a few more. I've looked on the WTL website but I must be mis

Anyone found a good one or someone who it 3D printing one? Tnx es 73 de KE3FL, Phil ----- KE3FL Web Site:http://cs.yrex.com/ke3fl Karras' Corner: http://blog.solidsignal.com/author/philk/

Mine came with a broken battery holder, one of the solder pins was broken off & I might be able to solder a wire to it but I'll probably end up melting much of the case & that might be even worse. The

I am happy to report that after a great deal of tweaking to get everything to come to life, my BJ is working perfectly. Nice sensitive receiver and a full 5 watts output from the transmitter. I housed

From pg 5 of the muraniamanual.pdf: Power and Voltage Regulator The Murania circuit uses a red LED as a voltage regulator for the receiver. The LED also serves as both a power-on lamp and a tuning ind