IMPROVED NEOPHYTE RECEIVER
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I have a question, has anyone built the above and had success with it? A
friend of mine built a kit once from Ramsey - it used a NE6XX chip and the
receiver was the biggest piece of garbage I had ever seen. He built it
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My son built the Ramsey "shortwave radio" kit about 15 years ago; he had
absolutely NO trouble and it worked like a charm. I designed a little
outboard VFO (plans available upon request) which he built and which let
him copy CW.

His has been a coded-Tech since shortly after that experience.
(Not particularly active, but licensed, nevertheless!)

--Myron.
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NRA Life Member and Certified Instructor (Home Firearm Safety, Rifle, Pistol)

Thank you all for you suggestions and advise, I now know what I want to do.

"Tim Wescott" wrote in message
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Does anyone out there have recommendations for a good, simple receiver kit
for a 10-year old budding ham? My son just fell in love with the Neophyte
receiver from ARRL's "QRP Classics", but chasing down parts is going to be
a
bit of a bother (the coils _are_ still available from Mouser, and FAR
circuits has the board, but it looks like I'm going to have to donate a
couple of my precious tuning caps). If it were me I'd just start building
and accept the necessary futzing around; with him I'd prefer something
where
all the parts fall out of the box and go together quick before he loses
patience.

Ideally there's someone out there that makes an improved Neophyte kit. If
I
have to I'll buy one of the new kits that are mostly pre-made surface
mount
with a bit of through-hole soldering of the tuning pots and whatnot, but
I'm
not sure he'll get the feeling of accomplishment that we're looking for.

Any suggestions?

Thanks.

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Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
http://www.wescottdesign.com