The QRPer Board

housekey.jpg Here's one I built with my grandson. He looked at my straight key one day, and said, "Why do they call it a key? It don't look like a key to me". So we took one of his play keys, a plastic box he got with candy in it, a couple of small bolts and built this. We were gonna add ...

Thanks for the update, Paul!

I know mine work down to 50°. Below that, I don't work!

The link you provided requires membership, so not able to check it out.

I couldn't find anything I liked, so I experimented and built my own. This is
about the 5th version. No adjustments needed because I built to my specs.
It's made from copper foiling tape, an old g(ift card and an old earphone wire and plug.

Opinions are what make the forum relevant! I learned the code from the ARRL tapes back in the 80s. No matter what method you use, it all comes down to time and effort you put into it. When I tried as a kid, I wasn't serious about it and never did get far.

Check my antenna setup over in the field reports section:

https://qrper.net/viewtopic.php?t=150

Here's another one you might like:

https://breadboardradio.com/40-woodpecker.html

Sidetone, a bit of tuning on the receiver and a real front panel!

Welcome to ham radio! Maybe try one of the "pixie" type kits to get started. They're not the greatest on receive, but easy to put together and inexepensive. Choose a frequency between 7025 and 7125 to use with the Technician class license. Here's one made byan American company that uses a ...

Hi George- Outfitting your field kit is as much fun as operating out in the field! Have you considered resizing your flight deck board to fit the pack you want to use? My MTR-3b went through many different versions until I finally settled on one. It has been in this version for 5 years now. I can't ...

I use this online site. You can search by time, station or frequency.

https://m.short-wave.info/

Safe travels!