[CW] Good CW QRP Rigs

[David J. Ring, Jr.]

Karl -- and others!

I see that no one has mentioned the Ten-Tec Argonaut V.

>From what I see it looks like an excellent radio - it has DSP filtering.

In fact, if it ran 100 watts output, I'd buy one to operate mobile with.

Rumor has it that the FCC is relaxing the r.f. amplifier rules and if they
do so as planned this Fall, Ten-Tec will be introducing a 100 watt add-on
"brick" amplifier.  I hope it has some sort of keying interface so that it
won't be VOX semi-break-in on CW as the Ten-Tec QSK is either "very good",
or "extraordinary" - some of their radios being better in this department.

Also in the rumor department from Ten-Tec is a project involving a 100 watt
i.f. DSP radio with their legendary QSK, CW, SSB, AM, FM, RTTY covering 160m
to 6m - with a possibility of having 2m depending upon production costs.
This (depending upon VHF/UHF capability) would be like having an ICOM
IC-706-PRO.

If Ten-Tec came out with a 706 type radio, with remote head, with Ten-Tec's
QSK and i.f. DSP, I'd buy one in a heart beat.  Throw in some sort of
antenna tuna (ha ha I had to do that!) and I'd be in Heaven.

73

DR
David J. Ring, Jr., N1EA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Karl J. Zuk" <karlzuk at hotmail.com>
To: <jbirk44 at yahoo.com>; <geneb at deltasoft.com>; <cw at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 10:08 AM
Subject: [CW] Good CW QRP Rigs


I have several QRP rigs.

Heath HW-7: primitve with a frustrating receiver. The HW-9 is the one to
get.

Rock Mites: Only one frequency and challenging. I've worked all over with
these. Hot receiver. Can be great fun.

Tuna Tin 2: Remarkable with just 2 transistors. No receiver. Lots of fun for
less than $25. Buy one just for fun!

Small Wonder Labs SW+ series: OK, but just OK.

Oak Hills Research OHR-100A single banders: A pain to build and quirky to
operate. Not recommended for the faint of heart. Ambitious design, but very
frustrating to align. Resign yourself to the $50 calibration fee. Not
logical!

Highly recommended: Small Wonder Labs DSW series. These palm sized rigs are
miracles. Easy to build and operate. Tiny in size. Powerful in performance.
Go with this one!

K-1 and K-2: nice rigs but tres expensive and laborious to assemble.

Ten Tec QRP series: OK but anemic in power output and receiver quality.

Buy a Small Wonder Labs DSW-II for 30 meters and don't look back. A best
buy!

Karl Zuk N2KZ

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