Monday, June 07, 2021

Modern Geekery

      For the radio amateurs among my readership, here's a nice little kit: the Nouveau 75 QRP AM transceiver

     It looks like an interesting radio for the price. You're probably not going to work the world with it, but it might be fun.

5 comments:

RandyGC said...

Interesting, if my eyes and finger dexterity was up to that kind of work anymore.

Thanks

Roberta X said...

They minimized the number of components you have to solder -- all of the surface-mount parts are already mounted. But you do have to wind four small toroids. The trickiest part is the IC socket.

Eck! said...

Sweet project.

I got to work one and the audio was very good.

I've run all QRP modes including AM mode for a long time
and its all about antenna. Put up a good and high
dipole and start talking. All good fun.



Eck!

Cop Car said...

Shades of the old days. A few of us built single (gas) tube transceivers to work across campus in 1956 or so. I think we modified a plan put out in one of the mags ( QST or CQ). I'm another who no longer builds stuff. I shake too much for fine work. Thanks for the posting and link.

Roberta X said...

My sympathies for everyone dealing with shakiness -- how frustrating! I have a little when I'm tired and I'm not looking forward to more. Tube equipment is more forgiving -- but I have to get out a lighted magnifier sometimes even for that.