Superb kits do exist...
- Cheaper than commercial (by _far_)
- Better performance
- More advanced technically than a rice box
- Significant learning experience
- Compatible with entry level or kids ham projects
Where to buy
http://www.kb9yig.com/
Excellent assembly manuals
http://www.wb5rvz.com/sdr/
These were mentioned in the latest QST
jeff, wa1hco
Charles Harpole wrote:
> Sorry, but I do not accept the answers to why there are no more ham
> Heathkits, at least today.
>
> Today, hams are hungry for a safe and sure building projects which 1.
> includes all all all the parts, 2. has good instructions in English, and 3
> results in something one would want. Elecraft may be partial proof of the
> consumer kit choices.
>
> Power supplies and RF amplifiers could be the items a person would want and
> would be willing to build. Maybe add SWR meters, Keyers, advanced speaker
> enclosures, remote touch pad for several rigs (K3 etc), and remote antenna
> switches?
>
> I get a laugh at the building projects in QST over the last few years.... Who
> in the world actually builds these things? It looks to me like ARRL wants to
> continue the idea, now a myth, that hams are overall very technically adept
> and cutting edge regardless of if the articles are actually built by anybody.
>
>
> To me, ham radio as a hobby today is much like the old car guys... Model T,
> etc. Add old airplanes, or add your favorite. These are old technology
> played with for fun and celebrated for what it is... a beautiful and
> wonderful part of history. CW is the same thing, the practice of an elegant
> old communications method. No one puts down a guy with a beautifully
> restored Model T Ford, and hams should NOT stand being put down just because
> our technology does not nearly equal what the military has, for example.
>
> We should accept and celebrate the kind of radio hams do. The return of
> point-to-point wiring! Hurray! Bring back kits!
>
>
> Charles Harpole k4vud@hotmail.com
>
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