[Elecraft] Looking for volunteer to design a tiny CW transceiver for socially isolated kids/teens

[Jeff Kabel]

1) Wouldn't it be better to use one of the ISM bands? Then licensing is not
a problem. I'd feel uncomfortable giving radios that operate in the ham
bands to people without a license. There are bands 6.765-6.795MHz,
13.553-13.567MHz, and 26.957-27.283 close to our 40, 20, and 12/10 meter
bands, and a number of bands in the VHF+ range. The 13MHz one is used by
the HiFER <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LowFER> experimenters already.
There are also the LowFER and MedFER bands.

2) Does the pixie not meet the requirements? They're cheap ($3-5 on eBay),
low power (~150mW), and have QSK. The kits you buy don't have a volume
control, but that is simple to add.


-- Jeff aa6xa