My, how time flies. This is a post I have been meaning to write for nearly 3 years now. Back in late 2018, after a search for a small portable SW receiver, I purchased a C Crane Skywave SSB. It had a lot of the things I wanted in a portable radio and, at the […]
Next month (August) will mark 10 years since I built my little Sproutie HF Regen Receiver. I recently received an email from Bob W3BBO. A few years ago, he built a Sproutie, and he has just built another one – more on that later. Bob’s first Sproutie is shown in this post, along with a […]
I don’t need to explain the attraction of low power operation; if you’re reading this, the chances are that you are already a convert. I’ve been operating with low power ever since first being licensed in the UK in the late 70’s as G8RYQ, and then G4IFA. One of my first rigs was a homebrew […]