[CW] ARRL Survey-- + wilderness QRP

[scott mcmullen]

hello nicholas,

--- Nicholas Janzen <nj at obsd.com> wrote:
> I also enjoy the wilderness, In fact i live 1 hour
> away from the Canadian 
> Rockies, a very nice place to hike / etc. 

that is indeed a beautiful part of the world!

> 
> It's great to see people mixing ham radio with
> outdoors, I'm sure looking 
> forward to it.

i'm glad you enjoyed the links, and know you'll 
enjoy mixing amateur radio with wilderness travel.

> 
> P.S. where did you get the plans for the QRP
> transciever you are using. I'm 
> having problems building the transciever, the
> transmitter always works, but 
> not the reciever. 

i cheated and built a kit :)

i often use this small, crystal controlled
transceiver, the 'rockmite':

http://smallwonderlabs.com/Rockmite.htm

the 'rockmite' has attracted something of a cult
following. there are many available mods and
other information at this url:

http://www.radioactivehams.com/~n0rc/rm/

and sometimes i take this vfo-controlled 
transceiver:

http://smallwonderlabs.com/swl_swp.htm

> thanks,
> 
> VE6OBS

enjoy! 73
scott nj0e



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Scott McMullen, NJ0E
http://www.geocities.com/scottamcmullen
scottamcmullen at yahoo.com
Dripping Springs, Texas


		
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