[Elecraft] slight OT: Elecrafter wins ARRL homebrew award

[Dave Andrus]

Steve's kit, called the MMR-40 transceiver, is already available as a  
kit at http://www.qrpkits.com through Doug Hendricks.

I'm putting mine together right now!  BTW, you can peruse the site,  
download the builder's manual, schematic, etc.  Nice design.  The kit  
is more than the $50 limit, including the case, but it's still a great  
deal, IMHO.

I really appreciate the work that these guys have put into these and  
other very nice QRP designs. I also especially appreciate folks like  
Doug, Dave (Small Wonder Labs) and others who make them into a one- 
stop shopping experience, with very nice silkscreened, through-plated  
PCBs.

I have also built the BitX20A from Doug, and am very pleased with this  
neat little SSB-only 20m rig.  It's an improved version of a design  
from a very innovative Indian ham that was looking for the cheapest  
way to help get other countrymen on the air for the least amount of  
cash.

It's nothing like my (now complete!) K2, but the price/features ratio  
is hard to beat!

Keep 'em coming, guys!

73,

Dave K7DAA
http://www.k7daa.com

On Feb 22, 2008, at 6:29 PM, T. David Yarnes wrote:

> Well, the other winner is certainly no surprise either!  In the non- 
> PC supported category the winner was non other than Steve Weber,  
> KD1JV.  I suspect there are very few people on this reflector who  
> are unfamiliar with Steve and his many, many terrific designs.  On  
> the straight QRP reflectors I suspect his name recognition is nearly  
> 100%.   Steve is a past Hall of Fame Honoree from ARCI, and  
> regularly comes up with some of the niftiest gadgets and radios you  
> will find anywhere.  Several of his latest designs (all of which are  
> meant to be high performance/low cost) are available through NorCal  
> and/or QRPKits, Inc.  Steve is so prolific at coming up with things  
> it makes one wonder if he has a real job! But I think he does.  Hi.
>
> Anyway, congratulations to both Jim and Steve.  Pretty impressive  
> stuff.
>
> Dave W7AQK
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Jackson" <kz1x at yahoo.com>
> To: <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 22, 2008 7:02 PM
> Subject: [Elecraft] slight OT: Elecrafter wins ARRL homebrew award
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>> Remember the guy who took his K2 to the South Pole?
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>> http://www.elecraft.com/PictureGallery/KC4_sign.jpg
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>> Well, here he is, up to something, again:
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>> http://www.arrl.org/news/stories/2008/02/22/100
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>> Way to go, Jim!
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>> Steve KZ1X/4
>> Owner of the World's Most Experienced Elecraft
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