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You Can Build This!

A Rant Email! One of my projects in 2021 was the P3ST (AKA PSSST), a 7 transistor SSB transceiver which even found its way onto "hackaday". I even spent more time documenting the project than actually building the hardware. An .io group was started (not by me) and the project has essentially died the death from lack of interest. This morning several emails were generated from the group inquiring if the project was still alive. Essentially these were individuals of interest but who had done nothing on the project as they were overwhelmed by the documentation. My read was that someone wanted a kit where they could stuff parts on a board. But in reality, I realized I failed!  Here was my response. Mind you my bent is somewhat bent because the opportunities for me personally to homebrew another project are over! But for others it is not -- get on with it! Hi All,   I should confess that I spent more time documenting the P3ST than actually building the rig. My intent was to p