20-Meter pipsqueak transmitter! 1-watt output

[W7UUU]

So I got bored yesterday at work (I work at home) so took off 2 hours to
go out in the shop and put 1-watt on the air at 14.318 MHz (yeah, CW in
the middle of the USB portion of the band - but hey - I have hundreds
of the crystals laying around).

Has a little chirp, but I moved the output link on the tank coil around a
bit and got it pretty tamed now. As long as I don't run the transistor
too hard (16v right now) it holds pretty steady.

I actually made ONE contact - OK - truth is we had a schedule arranged
and he's only a few miles from here, but what the heck! Not like I'm going
to get a lot of answers to a QRP CQ in the Phone Band!

:)

Dave
W7UUU

[NQ6U]

Very cool!

[KG4CGC]

Cool looking stuff. Bare bones and wood. Stuff of legend!

[K7SGJ]

Cool looking stuff. Bare bones and wood. Stuff of legend!

Yeah, but watch out for the RF burns.

[kb2vxa]

Hey, how did you get my Bendix key?

[W7UUU]

Hey, how did you get my Bendix key?

Believe it or not, I found that great key as "New Old Stock" brand new in the original
box at an antique store somewhere in rural Ohio for $25, a number of years ago. My
first thought was "wow! that will fetch a nice price on eBay!!" - then I brought it
home and tried it out... OMG! It's my favorite hand key of all time. It's terminated
on a short RCA-terminated cable that mates up with my "Key interchangeability" cable
system so I can use it with any radio in the shack. SO glad I didn't sell it. The base
I bought on eBay for $13.95 including shipping from an OM who makes those in his
his garage. VERY nice quality base.

Dave
W7UUU

[KA9MOT]

I'm impressed! Notice you won't get any nay sayers here like you did the "other" place. That coil form looks very familiar to me for some reason! :)

[W7UUU]

That coil form looks very familiar to me for some reason! :)

You have a very good eye my friend! Yep - that's one of those. Saving the 3 NOS Hammarlund forms
for another project maybe in Spring or Summer - a band changing open chassis transmitter for 40, 30
and 20 meters CW with a 2E26 final.

Dave
W7UUU

[N8YX]

Let me root around Ye Olde Junque-Box and see if I have any lower 14MHz HC-18 rocks. If you wish to duplicate that on 30 meters, I know I have a few in the 10.140 region.

[W7UUU]

Let me root around Ye Olde Junque-Box and see if I have any lower 14MHz HC-18 rocks. If you wish to duplicate that on 30 meters, I know I have a few in the 10.140 region.

Really? I'd happily trade ya for a fundamental rock on 30 meters... not for THIS transmitter,
but for a much better one. 30 is a fun CW band and I'd build up a very decent RF puffer.

Let me know via PM or email

Dave
W7UUU