CQ Amateur Radio

KIT BUILDING

s things begin to open up, it is good to see our in-person amateur radio events also resuming. Pacificon is one of those annual events, and I’ll have more on it in a future column. This month’s kit was one sold by the CalQRP group to promote interest in the Friday and Saturday evening QRP gatherings at Pacificon. Those wanting to participate in the QRP events were given an opportunity to purchase a low cost 40-meter regenerative receiver kit to be assembled at home and brought to the convention where a companion QRP CW transmitter would be built

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