CQ Amateur Radio

KIT BUILDING

When writing about kits and the things we use to make them, it is sometimes easy to overlook the simplest ideas for kits. Often, these are the things that clubs and groups can put together for a group kit-building experience and introduce their members to the fun of making things for ham radio. This kit is no exception, and utilizes the highest of new technology, and yet is extremely simple to assemble and to create the kit and to assemble it. Often, time is at a premium when doing a kit-build as a group, and this kit can be assembled in as little as 15 minutes.

To start off, I have seen numerous simple straight keys that are made as part>. Each of these incorporates the key as an integral part of the kit. Another is the ARRL Morse Code Oscillator Kit <> or the Pacific Antennas CPO kit <>.

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