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 Palm Beach Packet Group
 Quarter Century Wireless Association
 West Palm Beach Amateur Radio Club

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Random Ham Stuff

A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder
A PTO Kit From Ken WA4MNT at QRPBuilder

The Soldersmoke Direct Conversion Receiver was the first time I had ever built anything with a permeability tuned oscillator (PTO for short). I had never previously been that interested in [...]

The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver
The QRP Labs QMX Transceiver

Note – A number of folk have mentioned experiencing difficulty leaving comments underneath posts on this blog. Unfortunately, I don’t how to remedy that, or even whether I could. It’s [...]

The NorCal 40A 25th Anniversary Edition
The NorCal 40A 25th Anniversary Edition

With many of the projects described in this blog, the idea to build them had been in my head for a while (often years) before it was finally acted on. [...]

The Wilderness Radio SST-20
The Wilderness Radio SST-20

NOTE: In the following post, I’ll be referencing component designators according to the original schematic, which is in the SST manual, available here, on Ken WA4MNT and Karen KF4EEL’s QRPBuilder [...]

The SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver
The SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver

Well gosh. About a month ago, it was feeling as if every builder in the homebrew community had built the SolderSmoke Direct Conversion Receiver, apart from me. That’s a slight [...]

Another GM3OXX OXO Transmitter
Another GM3OXX OXO Transmitter

After finishing the two-transistor “Jingy 40” regen, I was looking for a little transmitter to use with it. I cycled through a few different designs, before deciding to “play it [...]

A Daily-Use Vintage High Impedance Headset
A Daily-Use Vintage High Impedance Headset

I’m not a collector of vintage headsets. 2 years ago, I purchased a high impedance Western Electric headset for listening to crystal sets. I also bought a set of “Baldies”. [...]

For Part 15 Enthusiasts – Some Very Worthy SSTRAN AMT3000 and AMT5000 Mods
For Part 15 Enthusiasts – Some Very Worthy SSTRAN AMT3000 and AMT5000 Mods

Back in 2010, I became interested in legal micropower broadcasting under the FCC Part 15 regulations, and assembled an SSTRAN AMT3000 kit transmitter for the AM broadcast band. I had [...]

“The Jingy 40” – A Two-Transistor Regen
“The Jingy 40” – A Two-Transistor Regen

Or “The One-Transistor Regen That Turned Into A Two-Transistor Regen” with thanks to G3XBM and N0WVA. (Note – if reading this post on a computer, you can click on any [...]

A Near-Minty Vintage Headset and a Book on Building the “Ultimate Regen”
A Near-Minty Vintage Headset and a Book on Building the “Ultimate Regen”

No new construction projects here, I’m afraid, and none planned for the foreseeable future, though I have made some exciting and worthy acquisitions. A couple of years ago, I was [...]

ARRL News

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity continued at moderate levels as Region 4493 produced an M3.6 flare on July 22, which was the largest event of the period and was associated with a 10.7-centimeter [...]

DXer and DXpeditioner Kan Mizoguchi, JA1BK, Silent Key

Kiyoshi “Kan” Mizoguchi, JA1BK, a well-known DXer, DXpeditioner, CQ DX Hall of Fame member, and former Director of International Amateur Radio Union (IARU) Region 3 passed away in May 2026 [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity has remained at low levels, with an occasionallow-level C-class flaring observed, including a C3.3/Sf flare on July15 from Region 4489. The largest event of the period, a long-durationC8.9 [...]

New ARRL Santa Clara Valley Section Manager

ARRL The National Association for Amateur Radio® announced the appointment of Tony Dowler, K6BV, of Pacifica, California, as the ARRL Santa Clara Valley (SCV) Section Manager as of July 1, [...]

The ARRL Solar Update

Solar activity reached moderate levels with an M1.5/1N flare on July 8 from Region 4482.There are currently five numbered regions on the visible disk. Region 4482 demonstrated continued growth and [...]

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