Comments on: Club Construction Project Ideas http://kb6nu.com/club-construction-project-ideas/ My personal adventures in amateur radio Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:19:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dan KB6NU http://kb6nu.com/club-construction-project-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-218878 Dan KB6NU Sun, 04 Nov 2007 18:52:59 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/club-construction-project-ideas/#comment-218878 Thanks for the suggestions, Jim. I know what you mean about availability, so no apologies necessary. 73, Dan KB6NU Thanks for the suggestions, Jim. I know what you mean about availability, so no apologies necessary.

73, Dan KB6NU

]]> By: Jim http://kb6nu.com/club-construction-project-ideas/comment-page-1/#comment-217595 Jim Sat, 03 Nov 2007 19:03:06 +0000 http://kb6nu.com/club-construction-project-ideas/#comment-217595 Here are some of the ones I have personally built. Any of them would seem to be a good club project. Small Wonder Labs SW-40+ (CW transceiver, currently available for 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m) http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/swl_swp.htm USA $55 plus maybe $20-30 (Radio Shack prices) other miscellaneous parts you'll need to finish the kit; you provide your own enclosure. SWL now seems to be offering their enclosure for sale again (separate purchase). Best of all, there is an Elmer class on building the SW-40+ out in 'netland: http://www.qsl.net/kf4trd/lessons.htm Small Wonder Labs Warbler (80m PSK-31 transceiver) USA $49, you provide the enclosure; free DigiPan software available. For a little more money, you can also get the PSK-20, PSK-30, and PSK-40 units. NorCal FCC-1 frequency counter http://www.norcalqrp.org/fcc1.htm USA $35, fits in Altoids tin (you provide) The one I built is good up to about 40MHz, someday I'll get a chance to fool with a prescaler. New England QRP Club's NEScaf (Switched Capacitive Audio Filter) http://newenglandqrp.org/nescaf USA $31, connector kit $4, you provide the enclosure. Quite helpful for operating CW. I haven't tried the optional chip yet. AMQRP KMMT (Koch Morse Method Trainer) http://newenglandqrp.org/nescaf USA $15, you provide enclosure Generates practice code per Koch Method My apologies if some of the above are not currently available, that's just the nature of the beast. Sometimes, if you don't buy when the kit first becomes available you just miss out. 73, Jim N9GTM Here are some of the ones I have personally built. Any of them would
seem to be a good club project.

Small Wonder Labs SW-40+ (CW transceiver, currently available for 80m, 40m, 30m, 20m)
http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/swl_swp.htm
USA $55 plus maybe $20-30 (Radio Shack prices) other miscellaneous
parts you’ll need to finish the kit; you provide your own enclosure.
SWL now seems to be offering their enclosure for sale again (separate
purchase). Best of all, there is an Elmer class on building the SW-40+
out in ‘netland: http://www.qsl.net/kf4trd/lessons.htm

Small Wonder Labs Warbler (80m PSK-31 transceiver)
USA $49, you provide the enclosure; free DigiPan software available.
For a little more money, you can also get the PSK-20, PSK-30, and
PSK-40 units.

NorCal FCC-1 frequency counter
http://www.norcalqrp.org/fcc1.htm
USA $35, fits in Altoids tin (you provide)
The one I built is good up to about 40MHz, someday I’ll get a chance
to fool with a prescaler.

New England QRP Club’s NEScaf (Switched Capacitive Audio Filter)
http://newenglandqrp.org/nescaf
USA $31, connector kit $4, you provide the enclosure.
Quite helpful for operating CW. I haven’t tried the optional chip yet.

AMQRP KMMT (Koch Morse Method Trainer)
http://newenglandqrp.org/nescaf
USA $15, you provide enclosure
Generates practice code per Koch Method

My apologies if some of the above are not currently available, that’s
just the nature of the beast. Sometimes, if you don’t buy when the
kit first becomes available you just miss out.

73, Jim N9GTM

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