Many thanks to Luca (IW2EPE) who shares the following article about his portable field radio kit which will be featured on our Field Kit Gallery page. If you would like to share your field kit with the QRPer community, read this post. My (tr)uSDX Field Radio Kit by Luca (IW2EPE) My POTA kit is assembled around the … Continue reading Field Radio Kit Gallery: IW2EPE Pairs the (tr)uSDX with QRPguys Antennas
Many thanks to Jim (KI7URL) who shares the following article about his portable field radio kit which will be featured on our Field Kit Gallery page. If you would like to share your field kit with the QRPer community, read this post. Jim writes: (tr)USDx Ultralight Portable Kit by Jim (KI7URL) I like to take amateur radio … Continue reading Field Radio Kit Gallery: KI7URL’s (tr)USDx Ultralight Portable Kit
On March 30, 2022, I took my factory-assembled (tr)uSDX transceiver on a POTA activation at South Mountains State Park. It was a “test flight” of sorts since I’d only had the (tr)uSDX for a few days and had not taken it to the field. I wrote up an assessment from that initial POTA activation mainly … Continue reading Field Report: Testing the bhi Dual In-Line with the (tr)uSDX, making a big blunder, and P2P with Teri!
As I mentioned in a post published three days ago, I’m now the proud owner of a (tr)uSDX QRP transceiver. The (tr)uSDX has been a much-anticipated QRP transceiver for those of us who love playing radio in the field. What’s not to love? It sports: Up to 5 watts output power CW, SSB, FM, and … Continue reading Video: Taking the new (tr)uSDX QRP transceiver on a CW POTA activation!
I mentioned in a previous post that I placed an order for a (tr)uSDX kit with roWaves in February. My order was placed for a third production run kit and I assumed I would receive it sometime in March 2022. Later that month, I discovered that DL2MAN announced AliExpress would sell both kits and fully-assembled … Continue reading The (tr)uSDX QRP transceiver: My initial impressions after a CW POTA activation
In January, I missed out on the initial pre-orders of the (tr)uSDX kit being managed by Rowaves in Romania. I had my calendar marked for February 15 to check the site again for the 3rd batch as I thought that was the day they planned to issue another pre-order. My buddy Eric (WD8RIF), who is … Continue reading (tr)uSDX kit: Just pulled the trigger
Oh my giddy aunt! I just learned–via AE5X’s excellent blog–that Manuel DL2MAN and Guido’s PE1NNZ fork of the uSDX series of transceivers is now for sale in both kit form and fully assembled (projected in March/April) via the Romanian retailer/manufacturer roWaves. Of course, it hit the web and everything is already sold out. John snagged … Continue reading The new (tr)uSDX QRP transceiver kit by DL2MAN & PE1NNZ!
Many thanks to Scott (K4VOR) who shares the following article about his portable field radio kit which will be featured on our Field Kit Gallery page. If you would like to share your field kit with the QRPer community, check out this post. My KX1 Go Box by Scott (K4VOR) I’ve been a ham since college … Continue reading Field Radio Kit Gallery: K4VOR’s Elecraft KX1 Go Box
We all love seeing how others have designed their field radio kits. If you would like to showcase your field radio kit on QRPer.com, please send a short write-up with photos detailing how/why you built your kit as you did, and list all of the components with links to the manufacturers. We’ll not only publish … Continue reading Field Radio Kit Gallery
This past week, I posted the third of several surveys on QRPer.com, this time asking: “What QRP HF transceiver would you or do you choose for air travel?” I turned off the survey at 6:30 EDT today, with a total of 475 responses. Survey Results Here’s a pie chart showing the top 18 results in … Continue reading Survey #3 Results: What QRP HF transceiver would you or do you choose for air travel?