The category accessories contains articles with regards to all ham radio accessories which are not directly radios or antennas themselves, e.g. amplifiers, measurement equipment, etc.
As probably evident by all my micro build reports on the QRPMe Tuna series I have a soft spot when it comes to building ham radio kits. To me there’s a notable difference when you go on-the-air using a self-assembled…
Sometime in 2023 I’ve purchased a couple of ham radio related building kits (Tuna Tunah, Two Tinned Tunas, Tuna Helper, Sudden Storm) from QRPme, a ham radio kit web shop run by OM Rex Harper, W1REX. One of those building…
Sometime in 2023 I’ve purchased a couple of ham radio related building kits (Tuna Tunah, Two Tinned Tunas, Tuna Helper, Tuna Topper) from QRPme, a ham radio kit web shop run by OM Rex Harper, W1REX. One of those building…
Sometime in 2023 I’ve purchased a couple of ham radio related building kits (Tuna Tunah, Two Tinned Tunas, Sudden Storm, Tuna Topper) from QRPme, a ham radio kit web shop run by OM Rex Harper, W1REX. One of those building…
TL;DR: If you read nothing else, at least make sure to never use wire wounder power resistors for a dummy load, due to their terrible RF performance. During the winter holidays I did spend some time assembling ham radio kits,…
Sometime in 2023 I’ve purchased a couple of ham radio related building kits (Tuna Tunah, Tuna Helper, Sudden Storm, Tuna Topper) from QRPme, a ham radio kit web shop run by OM Rex Harper, W1REX. One of those building kits…
Sometime in 2023 I’ve purchased a couple of ham radio related building kits (Two Tinned Tunas, Tuna Helper, Sudden Storm, Tuna Topper) from QRPme, a ham radio kit web shop run by OM Rex Harper, W1REX. One of those building…
My primary SOTA workhorse is a multi-band (20/30/40) inverted-vee trapped dipole. I’ve done over a hundred activations with it and it has never failed to provide me with numerous EU-continental QSOs on either 40 or 20 metres (usually on both…
The HobbyPCB Hardrock HF-50 Amplifier is the perfect companion for a QRP radio such as the Elecraft KX2 or a Yaesu FT-817ND. It can be directly driven from your QRP radio and generates > 50W of power from 160 m…
The Yaesu FT-817ND and its successor, the FT-818 is a versatile multi-mode radio covering the ham radio bands 160 – 10 m plus 6m, 2m and 70 cm. However, it’s also a QRP radio with maximum output power limited to…