Here are two kits that are a
lot of fun to build and can be used in a number of Amateur Radio projects. Not
sure what to do with a VFO? Well, included with the VFO kits are schematics for
a transmitter and receiver. Or use the VFO for your own projects. The circuit is
a Clapp Oscillator and our designer is proud of his "triple-pot" circuit design.
Two of the pots are trimmers, used to select the segment of the band that you
want to tune. Select just the CW portion of the band, SSB portion or the entire
band. The narrower slice of the band that you select, the finer the main tuning
will be. Which can eliminate a costly ten turn pot, vernier dials etc. These are
ideal VFO circuits for QRP rigs.
40-METERS VFO Kit
Tunes to from below 7.00 MHz. and up to
about 7.300 MHz.. Included is information for making the circuit into a 30
meter VFO with some additional parts that you supply. Provision has been
made for RIT/XIT offset. Buffered output; board size 1.6" x 3.0", 12V DC
operation.
40-Meter VFO Kit…………… No. 80-1404
80-METERS
VFO Kit
Tunes from below 3.5mHz up to about 4.0 MHz.. Provision
has been made for RIT/XIT offset. Buffered output; board size 1.6" x 3.0" ,
12V DC operation.
80-Meter VFO Kit……………. No. 80-1408
NEW in 2003
Amateur Radio
Receiver Kits (CW, SSB)
(Ham Radio bands)
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Compact and easy to build and will receive an entire ham
allocation in the band, CW and SSB. Great for monitoring W1AW code practice,
ease-dropping on Nets etc. Operates on a 9 Volt battery, and has audio output
enough to drive a speaker; or, use with headset. These circuits employ a unique
three-pot* Varactor tuning system. You can set the ends of the band that you
wish to receive; or, receive all of the band. The advantage to receiving just a
portion (say just CW or just SSB) is that the tuning becomes much more precise
and can eliminate adding an expensive ten turn potentiometer in order to achieve
fine tuning. The PC board size is 3" by 3", which will fit nicely in a number of
cases along with a battery. You will need to find your own (2)knobs, antenna
connector (BNC, UHF, Fahnstock etc.) speaker (8ohm) and case.
20-Meter Receiver Kit ………………… No. 80-1420
30-Meter Receiver Kit…………………. No. 80-1430
40-Meter Receiver Kit…………………. No. 80-1440 * Photo is of a prototype and the finished kits have three
pots and look a bit different.
A new photo will soon be taken to replace the one above.