Hmmm $30 Chinese HT's... How about $350 HF SSB/CW .1-30mhz

[W5BRM]

http://www.wouxun.us/item.php?item_id=302

I've not seen these until tonight. QRP 5w Continuous SSB/CW xmit 100khz-30mhz! Wonder how long til some kid tries to blank out a 50kw am station?

Looks like an interesting rig though. Found a few YT vids on them





Anyone seen these before?

[K7SGJ]

http://www.wouxun.us/item.php?item_id=302

I've not seen these until tonight. QRP 5w Continuous SSB/CW xmit 100khz-30mhz! Wonder how long til some kid tries to blank out a 50kw am station?

Looks like an interesting rig though. Found a few YT vids on them





Anyone seen these before?

Yes, as a matter of fact, I think someone mentioned these in another thread awhile back. They didn't give any details so I started looking around and found them on line. I'm curios how clean they are. I also wonder how they can sell a radio that can cover the frequency that one does, and not get a squeak out of the FCC. I guess in time, and after enough interference issues and people hanging wide band amps on them, they will make the black list. But then again..............

[NQ6U]

I'm curious how clean they are. I also wonder how they can sell a radio that can cover the frequency that one does, and not get a squeak out of the FCC. I guess in time, and after enough interference issues and people hanging wide band amps on them, they will make the black list. But then again..............

From the Web site the OP linked to:

Five Ham Bands are configured with bandpass filtering. Transmitting on frequencies outside these ranges will require external bandpass filtering.

It comes programed to transmit only on the standard ham bands: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10m. You can make it transmit on the other bands, but you have to go into a menu and switch things around. I imagine that's how they got the thing to pass FCC certification.

[KG4CGC]

I would be interested if the receive was phenomenal.

[N8GAV]

Oh boy coming soon a 20 watt amp!!! Might be good for PSK 31 at 4.5 watts, I'm not into QRP other then PSK 31 so it won't be in my shack.

[kb2vxa]

You might find them as exciters at pirate radio stations, they don't care about crappy audio these days. As for any practical use like ham shacks not so much when for that money you can buy a good 100W rig. As an aside, ever wonder why for so many years RF output has been around 100W? We hams tested that notion some years ago and found the "power shelf" is in that wattage range. From QRP to 100W received signals shoot up like a rocket, from there to a KW they follow the 3dB law closely. It's probably the "calibration" of S meters so you scientific pedants can sit down and keep quiet. (;->)

[K7SGJ]

You might find them as exciters at pirate radio stations, they don't care about crappy audio these days. As for any practical use like ham shacks not so much when for that money you can buy a good 100W rig. As an aside, ever wonder why for so many years RF output has been around 100W? We hams tested that notion some years ago and found the "power shelf" is in that wattage range. From QRP to 100W received signals shoot up like a rocket, from there to a KW they follow the 3dB law closely. It's probably the "calibration" of S meters so you scientific pedants can sit down and keep quiet. (;->)

That's why I prefer the older analog S meters. Just rub your finger around on the plastic cover, and you can get any signal strength you want. They're nice if they are multi function meters, too. Need more output? No problem, just rub the plastic till you pin the meter.

[KG4NEL]

You might find them as exciters at pirate radio stations, they don't care about crappy audio these days.

Miss the days of AM pirate SW radio :(

Dem slopbucketeers just ain't the same...

[PA5COR]

No neeed to rub the meter, the Ft 2000-D does alrady 225 watts out of the box.
The Heathkit SB-1000 with new 3-500 ZG does 1000 watts...i stick to 500 -800 as max, what cannot copy me then is deaf or simply out of range.

[kb2vxa]

Quite right, 100W is the usual output these days for good reason, if ya cain't hear 'em ya cain't work 'em. Otherwise you're an alligator station, all mouth and no ears. Once upon a time under the watchful eyes of K2PG I could operate DC to light, QRP to QRO and only once fired up the Collins S Line station with the 30S1 driving a tri-band beam up 60 feet thinking I could bust a pileup, WRONG. I learned first hand everything they say about the "Iron Curtain" aka "Kalifornia Kilowatt Kurtain" is true, you can have a megawatt and still it's impenetrable. Every other time good operating practices (mostly good and sneaky) got that rare DX, the FCC R&Rs actually DO make sense in practice. Besides, the ghost of the Old Man haunts every ham shack and I really don't want to find out how those nasty implements are used. Too bad Kooky Karol is Canadian but I digress...