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March 3, 2022 ~ The Peashooter Makes Contacts! UPDATED March 5, 2022 Can DO!

The Peashooter: " It Is Alive!" Update March 5, 2022, ~ Happy Birthday to the US Navy Seabees To all currently serving and former "Seabees" Happy 80th Birthday! It is with great pride that I can call myself a former Seabee! Can Do! The Peashooter "Rocks" as I have been working DX with my new machine including the famous station from Barcelona, Lou, EA3JE. Then again, everyone works Lou. Also reports from Argentina and Chile. This is a DX Contest Weekend --time to rack up more contacts (maybe even QRP). The Peashooter has Soul and Presence which were all purpose designed into the rig. The MMIC's have proven their worth as circuit modules.  I have a bag of Dual Gate MOSFETS --how about a new variant called the Pipsqueak using 3N209's. Even more astonishing these 3N209's were sent to me by Wes, W7ZOI.  Update March 4, 2022, ~ Trouble Shooting and the Unexpected! There is that insatiable urge to make lots of contacts with the new rig but after jus