Majik Widget Challenge: Utility Box

 From:  Mike K4ICY (MAJIKMIKE)
5119.48 In reply to 5119.47 
> Yours looks too complex to be CW only. SSB? Also, did you make the board yourself?

CW only. And it was a kit. It's circuitry design is over-designed for the type of method it uses, but it works well.
Steve, Check this out:

http://www.k4icy.com/cw.htm
- lower in the page.


And also:
http://www.k4icy.com/cw_qrp_sw40.html


The one in the mint tin is a KD1JV DC30 sold as a kit from Hendrix Kits. http://www.qrpkits.com/
It a single frequency rig with 1 watt output.
I happened on it from a friend learning how to solder. It looked really bad and I had to fix and re-do a bunch of stuff.

The pretty one is a CW rig that is an amalgam of different kits built from scratch. The main rig board is an SW40 that was until recently, sold by Small Wonder Labs. http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/
It boasts a 2 watt output. I put all kinds of other goodies in, including a digital display and keyer module. It tunes all of the 7 mHz CW ham band and has a very good receiver.

You'll also see that I used MoI to design the exact placement of all of the main components and panel hole placements.

Of course, I could fire up my commercial rig and send CW at 100 watts, but what many don't know is that just a few watts are enough to span the globe with good conditions. And there's a sport to that.
I've also built a few relatively basic circuits containing just a handful of parts. All fun.