CQ Amateur Radio

KIT-BUILDING

t’s June and we are still mourning the absence of our favorite hamfests, including the granddaddy of them all, the Dayton Hamvention®. I usually am at almost one every weekend, and this has been quite an adjustment for me. The good news is that I have heard from many kit suppliers who tell me that they are selling lots of kits. That is great news as we find that kit building is a great activity while sheltering at home. I have been spending my time building more kits and writing about them as well as answering questions online and operating a lot more, as I hope everyone is doing. Getting lots of operating

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