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    KIT-BUILDING

    Sep 01, 2020 5 minutes
    BY JOE EISENBERG,* KØNEB

    With lots of time spent at home, I continue to find and assemble some very interesting new kits that truly fill a need in ham radio. The Midnight Design Solutions “Phaser” series of HF digital mode SSB transceivers is no exception. Designed by Dave Benson, K1SWL (remember Small Wonder Labs?) and kitted by George Heron, N2APB, this series of kits allows the user to communicate using most digital modes on the HF bands.1

    Obviously, the popularity of FT8 has created this huge demand for an innovative kit like the Phaser, which is now available for the 80-, 60-, 40-, 30-, 20-, and 17-meter bands. There are two buttons in the kit. One selects the default FT8 standard frequency and the other, marked “ALT,” is for a frequency of the builder’s choice. This lets those

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