[CQ] HF txcvr kits?

[Mark Cohen]

Wow Bruce, 

That's a nice kit! :)

I've not played much with SDR, but that might be a good inroad.

Thanks!

Mark 
K6EF

On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:25 AM, Bruce Perens wrote:

> Look at http://www.genesisradio.com.au/order.html
> A bit pricey too, for the 160-6m kit and its amplifier, but it opens the door to HF SDR.
> 
>    Thanks
> 
>    Bruce
> 
> On 03/21/2011 10:23 AM, Mark Cohen wrote:
>> Hi Art,
>> 
>> I've built the rockmite as well as some other kits and find it "ok" for very limited use. If your goal is to have a small kit to build and play with a little, it's a fine kit. If you want to actually DO CW from a kit, I'd look at something a little more complicated. Elecraft makes the KX1 (http://www.elecraft.com/KX1/kx1_2hb.jpg) that I built in about 2 hours. Here is a picture of the inside (http://www.elecraft.com/KX1/kx1pcba.jpg)
>> 
>> Unfortunately, it's a bit pricey at $299.95 for the basic kit, and then you'd likely want to get the paddle at $69.95 and the internal auto tuner at $109.95
>> 
>> It's a sweet radio, has "big ears", and is very low power so you can pack it in a small pack and take it to the top of a mountain to operate for a weekend on one set of batteries.
>> 
>> Like I said, it took me about 2 hours in total to build the kit, the average is 4 hours I think.. Elecraft often comes to PAARA meetings in Mountain View to show off their new radios and often give one away in the raffle. They're great guys and build amazing radios. (K3 for example is better than some of the top of the line Yaesu and Icom radios)
>> 
>> Just my .02
>> 
>> Mark
>> K6EF
>> 
>> 
>> On Mar 21, 2011, at 10:13 AM, Art Peel wrote:
>> 
>>   
>>> I'm getting the itch to try building an HF transceiver kit, something like the http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/Rockmite.htm.  Does anyone here have a recommendation for or against this kit? Or a recommendation in favor of some other kit?
>>> 
>>> -- Art
>>> KJ6ANT
>>> 
>>> 
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