Our last meeting was well attended, with an excellent display of QRP equipment, old and new, brought along by members.
Mark G4MEM showed an Elecraft KX1 portable QRP HF rig which he uses for SotA (Summits on the Air) activations.
G4MEM kit Mark’s KX-1 with wire antenna and support pole.
Graham exhibited an Icom IC-703 10W HF transceiver and a Thunderpole T-3000 modern CB rig.
G8XRS l-r Nick 2E0NRW and Graham G8XRS
Peter G4ENA produced an FT-70G 2 to 30MHz 3W AM/SSB/CW tx/rx which was designed for use by emergency and commercial organisations particularly overseas.
FT-70G Peter’s pint (or what’s left of it) and the FT-70G
Simon G4SGI had several QRP rigs on display, some build from kits and some neatly fitted into wooden boxes.
G4SGI kit Some of Simon’s kit.
John 2E0POE showed his BITX40 QRP transceiver which he built from a kit.
2E0POE l-r Tim G8PZD and John 2E0POE
Peter G3YJE had brought along a large selection of his QRP kit, including a GQ 40m CW tx/rx, a Heathkit HW-9 5W transceiver covering most of the HF bands with matching wattmeter, and an elderly Heathkit HW-30 2m AM rig,
G3YJE kit G3YJE’s HW-30 2m AM rig.
Derek G3NKS exhibited a number pieces of QRP kit, most of it home-brewed.
G3NKS kit l-r 80m dc rx with an active aerial, ATU, OXO tx, wattmeter, valve tx (on its side).
Tim G8PZD showed his Yaesu FT-817 3W HF/VHF transceiver. (Sorry, no photo.)
Apologies to anyone I’ve may have missed in this report. It was a busy and interesting evening, I’m not sure I managed to get round to all the exhibits.