Ham radio kits

[knight]

Can anyone that is a ham user, please tell me if there are any HF radio kits that will pick up all the HF bands.

Many Thanks
Knight
M6 and waiting to get call sign

[The Wizard]

there are no "kits" as such !
but there are plenty of HF transcievers out there !

[flickpot]

The only one's i know of are from here http://www.elecraft.com/.

[Conor]

Yeah..Elecraft K2 if you're on a budget (think its only CW/SSB) or the Elecraft K3 but it ain't cheap.

[JamesA]

You can also have a look at http://www.qrpkits.com They do a dual band and a tri-band CW kit. Also a couple of SSB kits for a few bands.

Also there is Tim Walfords kits at http://tinyurl.com/jeg He does a variety of kits for different bands at good prices, so you could always get a couple

Have you thought about the Softrock software defined radio kits at all? I think there is one that covers all bands!

[36ian]

Hi James,

Do a google on PICASTAR, these radio's work really well if constructed correctly.

Cheers

Ian

[Adriano9966]

mfj also do a fine range of cw/ssb transceivers that can be built from a kit
I have one for the six metre band but there are also versions available for 40/20 ssb have a look at the net

i think waters and stanton are the uk outlet for these kits


best of luck

[Yeti]

Certainly the first time I've heard an Elecraft K2 described as "budget"!

[5thElement]

I was thinking the same lol

[555dx]

Elecraft are cracking bits of kit but it's cheaper to buy a big brand radio.

Simon

[M0JSW]

You could scout t`interweb for a design and get the components.I built a re-gen reciever that covers 7-21 MHz or something like.Very basic,ugly style board but great fun to build and play with,and you can add to it.But i`m fortunate enough to have a club member who,s worked in electronics all his life,who designed it and wrote the instructions.