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Any recommendations for a fairly inexpensive HF CW rig? Happy to build it myself
by wepple 9y ago
Any recommendations for a fairly inexpensive HF CW rig? Happy to build it myself
- CIPHERSTONE 9y agouBitx (http://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/ubitx/ http://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/ubitx/) is I think $110 for a kit of the guts. People seem to be really enjoying building them. QRP Labs has a bunch of cool projects (https://qrp-labs.com/qcx.html https://qrp-labs.com/qcx.html). CW is something I haven't learned yet, but is pretty attractive for what it can do, how far it can reach on low power.
- wepple 9y agoThanks! It definitely seems popular on the subreddit. Totally agree, CW seems attractive given the possible range, and also being able to clock up contacts while avoiding awkward political chitchat I often hear.
- olfactory 9y agoI think it's a choice between one of the newer kits and just buying something from eBay that will get you on the air. Any transceiver manufactured in the past 20-30 years will be just fine, and might result in more on the air fun (at least initially) than a low power kit.