On Sun, 07 Sep 2003 13:45:12 GMT, Doug Smith W9WI
wrote:
Tim Shoppa wrote:
So, while Ramsey clearly doesn't live up to the good old Heathkit
standards in every way, it does come pretty close. The receiver was
clearly designed with kit-building in mind, and it does work nicely.
Maybe I'll try one of Ramsey's QRP rigs next.
Try Ten-Tec kits. (I don't think they get nearly enough press)
I built their 20m QRP kit a few years back. Nice unit. And very
reminiscent of Heathkit - in some ways even *better*. You build a chunk
of the circuit, then test it - so if you make a mistake, you don't have
to pull out layers of parts to fix it.
I'm building the ten-tec 1320 qrp kit right now. One nice thing, if
you can't get it to going (and I couldn't make the vfo work), you can
always send it to ten-tec. They fixed the vfo, and now I'm finishing
up the kit.
Bob
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