The ME40+: Keeping a Classic Alive

Dave Benson, K1SWL, produced some classic kits like the Rock-Mite series, but none more classic than the SW series of CW transceiver kits. These kits, which were sold both with and without cases, were very popular for many years. Once he discontinued these lines of kits, they went on to be updated and manufactured by others. The Small Wonder Labs RockMite kits are now produced by Rex Harper, W1REX. The SW-series of kits is now produced by Midway Electronics.

Since this series of kits has been popular over the years, I thought it was time to look at how they are put together today. In my ME40+ kit,