LARCSet 40M SSB/CW Arrived

It Arrived!

My $39 LARCSet 40M SSB/CW arrived yesterday. I haven't unboxed it yet but it sure is a small box. It won't be until after Christmas that I will get a chance to build it so stay tuned.

The Rigging of the Courts

Many Americans have experienced an awful 2025. This is not some unforeseen event like Covid 19, but more a direct result of the governance. As the year draws to a close you need to ask what happened. The answer to that query will impact the decisions you make in the 2026 Mid-Terms.

Go to your favorite AI Program and ask about the Federalist Society and the Heritage Foundation. What do they do and how do these non-government units actually impact the judiciary.

You might also ask what the tenor of the Supreme Court is on cases that involve presidential powers. It is hoped their deliberations involve "just the facts, mam" and not favor what party put them on the court. The final outcome of Trump v Slaughter appears that it will likely fit the pattern of favor.

This is an important issue as the makeup of the court is not about to change in any near-term time reference. The 6 to 3 imbalances will last past 2030 and beyond.

Our founding fathers were wise and thoughtful. But they failed to realize in time our system of government could be rigged by either party. We need only look at the result we have today. The majority who voted in 2016 and 2024 created what we have today. Your actions had consequences and now all of us are paying the price.

Christmas Day is less than 72 hours away and it is hoped your day will be spent with family and friends. Happy Holidays to all.

Them that know can make things go.

73's

Pete N6QW

January 26, 2024. A simple CW Transceiver/Transmitter

Cruise through the lower part of the ham bands bands and what do you hear? Well, FT-8 and CW. Often you will not hear any SSB stations yet go to the lower part of the bands, and it is a cacophony (I love that word) of bad sounding signals and some high-speed keying. Fast is not so much of the issue as is bad, run together and jerky keying. But none the less our hobby started there. So, you could crank down your ICOM 7300 and watch the waterfall on CW or you could homebrew a radio. Actually, to do CW right you need more thought up front than you do with a SSB transceiver. Often, I will state that a CW Transceiver is much more difficult to build than a simple SSB rig. I published two articles in QRP Quarterly on CW transceivers and all I got was a yawn so maybe history will repeat itself. Yawn! 30M CW Transceiver with RIT! Of interest is that the LO is a Varactor tuned LC oscillator using a NE602. Look closely at the RIT circuit which is only activated on ...

March 31, 2024. Happy Easter to those who celebrate this day.

What a great day to Binge on Chocolate and experience the pain of that filling that has been leaking. I would be in that category with the leaking filling(s) had I not just spent an amount equivalent to one of the fancy new uptown appliance box transceivers on two filling repairs. Well at least I can binge on the Chocolate bunnies without fear of pain. Regrettably everything appears to have jumped in price including the price of parts. Well not so much the parts as the shipping costs. That notably is seen in the eBay treasures. I spotted a nice heathkit DX-20 for about $50 and the shipping was $65. Likely it is a twofer with part being a way to in effect charge a higher price by inflating the shipping and in part by increased shipping costs. Shipping with insurance across the US was about $150 for this jewel and that was three years ago. 6AM on the Left Coast ~ 20M Easter Sunday! My only hope is the cost of Chocolate Bunnies remains steady although a pound of See's Candies f...

August 30, 2024. A PNP 20M SSB Transceiver

Shown below is the Block Diagram for the 20M PNP SSB Transceiver steered in the Transmit Mode . The components shown in the dotted block are relay steered so that the block module is single pass and amplifies in a single direction. The Block diagram show steered in Transmit. Essentially the steering process works so that the IF Module input follows the Balanced Modulator on Transmit and then the input side follows the Receive Mixer on Receive. All done with some relays and a bit of RG174U coax. For those who count things in detail, this block diagram is not unlike what was used for the PSSST Transceiver which can be found on my website . Yes, a warmed over P3ST only using PNP devices. TYGNYBNT. 73's Pete N6QW

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