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Hey, good evening, everyone. It's time for HamTalk
Live. It's episode number 202, the latest kits
recorded live on Thursday, March 5th, 2020. I'm
your host, Neil Rapp, WB9VPG. Thanks for tuning
into this episode of HamTalk Live. Tonight, we're
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-E -B, is from Lincoln, Nebraska and is well
known for his kit building expertise. He's also
well known for his picture shows of the Dayton
Hamvention. He's the longtime kit building editor
at CQ Magazine and often makes presentations
and offers kit builds at HamFests, conventions,
and club meetings. Joe started Ham Radio at an
early age and has been licensed since 1969 and
he's also known for his famous Dr. Seuss hat
at Dayton. So we're glad to have Joe back on
the show as we do from time to time. So thanks
for coming on, Joe. Well, thank you, Neil. It's
always a pleasure and an honor to be on your
show. Well, you've got some new kits to talk
about it and we've actually got some some tweets
already for you So we'll we'll get to those in
a little bit. But first I know I saw you over
at st. Louis over Collinsville and You were talking
about some new kits. So What new kits are you
gonna tell us about tonight? Well, I'm gonna
talk about a couple of them. One is from qrpguys
.com And what it is is it's a DSB digital transceiver.
And it puts out about five watts. And it's used
to primarily do FT8. And it comes with band modules
for 20, 30, and 40 meters. And it goes together
relatively easily. But there are some toroids
you're going to have to wind. There's two toroids
on every band plug -in and two on the main board.
But it goes together pretty nice. And once I
got mine together, I could easily hear the FT8
signals. However, I had a problem with a close
local broadcast station. So I used a filter that's
put out by the Forest AQRP group, which took
care of that real nicely. It works quite well
and a lot of fun to put together. But the unique
thing about this one is the STL file, which is
kind of a recipe for 3D printers, is offered
on the website. So you can download that file.
Somebody has taken the time to carefully do a
CAD design of the case and then make it into
a 3D printer file. And I printed the two pieces
of the case on my 3D printer. So this is the
first time I've actually built a kit and printed
the case. to go with it and it looks great. It's
about the size of almost like a deck of cards
and the case went together real nicely and all
it takes is four little screws and it holds it
all together. In fact, the way the case is constructed
has a hole for the band card so you can leave
it screwed together but you can unplug and change
the band cards. So that all it is is a quickie
module change and you can change bands with it.
So kind of a fun kit. I think it's something
in the $40 range. So it's not real expensive
and goes together real nicely. That's pretty
cool when you print your own case. Yeah, this
is this is something I've I've always wanted
to do and a lot of the kit makers are now starting
to come up with some of these 3d printer files
to do that now A lot of people, when you talk
about a 3D printer, say, oh yeah, bang, it's
all done. They think like a Star Trek replicator,
but it's not. And it's a 3D printer, we'll just
kind of mention, is much like a plotter, but
it's in 3D. So the head goes back and forth and
up and down. And it does it a layer at a time.
And so to print this case, I think it was a couple
hours to do one piece and about three or four
hours to do the other piece. So it doesn't go
real instantly, but the finished product is very
strong and very good looking. Well, that's, that's
pretty cool. I know you like the, uh, The circuit
board material be in the case too because of
the shielding and that kind of thing But but
I'm kind of liking that whole 3d print thing
where where you don't even have to get the case
you just You just print it that's cool exactly
But you're right the forced aqrp group is known
for the kits that have three not 3d but PC board
Cases that are already printed drilled and marked
so that all you do is solder them together and
it becomes one integrated, very strong, double
-shielded case. Which brings me to the next kit.
And if you remember, I talked several years ago
and up to last year about the series of Cricut
kits that were put out by the Four State QRP
Group. And what those were, and still are, is
it's made from a regular PC board. but using
PC board material you can put a straight key
on the kit and it it becomes a transceiver putting
out about a watt they have them for 80 40 and
30 meters and It's crystal controlled on the
QRP frequency but The beauty of them is it has
an on -off switch and no volume control or anything
like that and runs on a nine volt battery. And
the cool thing about the cricket kits is you
don't have to wind a toroid because the coils,
all the inductors are spiral wound pre -printed
on the circuit board, which I think is a stroke
of genius by four state QRP designer David Kripe
and M zero S. Now. To go along with these three
transceivers everybody said well Wouldn't it
be nice to have a key here? And so what he came
up with is totally ingenious There is no firmware.
No software or anything in this that's because
it's a quad nor gate and a JK flip -flop and
then there's an optic coupler and there's a speed
pot and The paddles themselves are actually made
from thinner PC board material as are the the
two kind of eccentric circle things that are
used to adjust the spacing of each side of the
paddle and it has a little LED in there and it
uses another piece of circuit board as the support
for the paddles and When you see this you're
gonna look at it and say wow that is so cool,
and it is a keyer You can adjust the speed from
pretty slow around five words a minute all the
way up to about 20 something and It works really
really well It will be the buildathon kit for
Ozarkon. So if you go to Ozarkon .com you can
register to attend the four state qrp annual
convention in branson missouri which is the first
weekend in april and on that friday evening we're
going to have a group kit build and it's this
crick key is what it's called uh will be the
kit for the four state qrp buildathon and Because
I've already built it. I'm going to be one of
the helpers that walks around and we usually
have between 40 and 50 builders So we're going
to have a lot of people building this all at
once And so instead of trying to keep up with
building mine at the same time as helping people
near me I'm going to be able to devote my entire
time to helping people build and Use mine as
the example now. They're going to supply a 9
-volt battery some screws and washers and spacers
so that this can be mounted onto a small piece
of wood and this is a piece of pine that they
gave me and You just position it so it's comfortable
on the board and then you draw some some holes
and I just drill tiny little Eighth inch or quarter
inch pilot holes so the screws go right in and
holds it nice and tight and it really really
looks Well and performs well now the builders
are going to get a sounder that plugs into the
output of this While mine was a beta test so
I did not have the sounder But all of them have
an LED on them that will flash so that you know
if it's working or not But the Crick Key, I don't
know what the final price of it is going to be,
but I think it's going to be a popular kit. Now,
one of the neat features of it is things like
the diodes. There are three diodes in it, the
little 1N914s. and they're all in a row and they
all face the same way. So they're right next
to each other. The resistors, every resistor
in it but one is the same value. So all you do
is you put the oddball in first and then all
the rest of the resistors are all same. It is
designed to be put together by a first -time
kit builder. To be honest, I was really astonished
at how well it worked. And so the crick key is
going to be the hit of Ozarkon. And after Ozarkon,
it will be available at 4sqrp .com. And we recommend
that you don't do the same thing with your kit
at Ozarkon as they do with the rolls at Lambert's
Restaurant down the road. Oh, definitely. Yeah,
you don't want it tossed around. You don't want
it tossed all the way across the room. Lambert's
is fun. Lambert's is fun. I'm just not a real
good catch. I got to go a couple of years ago
and it was quite the experience. And they just
throw the rules all the way across the room at
you and sometimes you get them and sometimes
you don't. Nope. I think I think I definitely
proved that I'm not a catcher for baseball, but
When you snag one of those rolls that is really
good and they're hot too. So you gotta watch
out So don't throw your kids throw you throw
the rolls. Don't throw the kids you bet All right
anymore Well, there's another one But I'm I haven't
started on it yet, but I'll talk about it briefly
and what it is is that's a another Ft8 transceiver
and this one is single sideband and I think it
puts out a little more power and a little more
filtering and a few more features to it, but
Like the other one it uses your audio in and
out from your your computer and goes directly
in and uses Vox circuit so that when the tones
hit it It instantly keys the relay and switches
it into the transmit mode. Just like this little
QRP guys one And I have some other little kits
I'll talk about after the break and I have I
have to tell you Kits are still being designed
now I have to also tell you that it is getting
more difficult to get some parts and we can talk
about that as well And one thing I wanted to
ask you about, and it was a little bit of a setup
because I ran into this problem ordering kits
here recently, is have you heard any supply issues?
The coronavirus is the topic of discussion right
now. Maybe too much, but. We won't go there,
but you know there's a there's a concern there
and and so You know some of the plant shut down
and there's concerns about importing and that
kind of thing have you had any Any word on how
the kit supplies from some of those Chinese versions
of kits are going well actually the boards that
are in some of these kits come from there and
In talking with David recently at the ham fest
in Iowa last weekend there are delays in getting
both individual components and PC boards and
The delays will continue for this for the foreseeable
future So it's going to be a bit inconvenient
for a while finding certain components As some
of them that's the only place they're made so
Like they're talking about iPhones might be in
short supply will also certain ICs and transistors
and Circuit boards and other things like that
might be difficult for a while But yes that has
slowed down the development of some new kits
coming from forced AQ RP Then I'm not even allowed
to talk about oh We have to have the cone of
silence here, but yeah, I've noticed that I did
get some good news. Supposedly the kits that
I ordered are supposed to be arriving in England
yet this week. But I ordered the kits for youth
on the air camp right at the end of January.
And I ordered them through a company in England
who was getting them from their supplier in China.
And so we got three just to try them out and
test them out and show them off. And I think
you saw that kit there at the Youth on the Air
booth over in St. Louis. And so I put in the
order for 30 of them and they got back ordered.
We were kind of wondering if we should, you know,
go with a backup plan. And as soon as I said,
should we start thinking about a backup plan?
I got an email saying they're, they're back open
again, the stuff starting to ship and we should
have it by the end of the week. And then we'll
ship it over to you, uh, from England. So, um,
I also was in R and L last week, I think it was.
And they said that they had seen some delays,
but. Stuff was starting to trickle back in. So
hopefully, it won't be too bad of a delay, but
there are some delays on some things coming in
that go through China. Yeah, that direction finding
kit is a lot of fun, and it's something they
can take home and practice with. Yeah, and I
don't even think I told you about this. Some
of the guys that are really big into ARDF are
helping us out with this and they've run the
championships and everything. They have designed
a $4 kit that's going to be a 75 meter fox. It's
going to be a little transmitter and it's a 15
minute build. And so we're kind of keeping that
as a rain delay project. But if we don't have
time to build it, we're at least going to send
it home with the kids so they can build it at
home. And they'll have a transmitter to practice
with, too. That sounds great. In fact, I'd like
to see one of those when you guys are all done.
Yeah. And I know they ordered a few extra boards
just in case. So we'll have to. We'll have to
get you that information. Well we're going to
take a break right now and then we'll come back.
We'll talk more with Joe about this stuff and
we'll start taking your tweets and your calls
at 859 -982 -7373. And we'll be talking kits
here with Joe Eisenberg KZero NEB after this
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live, 859 -982 -7373. Now, we've got a few things.
I know you wanted to comment a little bit about
some of your places to get some parts and that
kind of thing. So I think you wanted to say a
couple of words here, Joe, so go right ahead.
Yeah, first off, a good Temperature controlled
soldering station is a must I know a lot of people
will buy one of those six or seven dollar Radio
Shack irons when they had them at Radio Shack
or now they get them at Harbor Freight They're
not regulated and so the problem with that is
is that they get too hot or too cold and You're
not going to get the kind of connection that
you really want So what you want is a thermostatically
controlled, not just variable, but thermostatically
controlled soldering iron. And most of those
cost in the $120 range or so. But there's one
that sells around the $60 range that's put out
by Xtronic USA. And I like using it because it
has a digital display of the temperature and
it can be displayed in Fahrenheit or Celsius.
And it holds the temperature steady, plus or
minus 2 degrees Celsius, which is what you would
use for commercial soldering. And it uses the
same tips as a series of Haco irons. So the tips
are very easy to come by as well. The Xtronic
USA soldering station also has a Spindle holder
that holds your roll of solder now in my case
that keeps it from becoming a cat toy so it gives
it a place to hold the the roll of solder doesn't
get knocked off the table and It also has two
different tip cleaners. It has a sponge and then
it has a brass brass cup that also has flux in
there to keep your tip tinned and nice and clean
and And so the Xtronic USA iron can be either
gotten at xtronicusa .com. You can find them
on their eBay store or through Amazon. And surprisingly,
they are distributed right out of the west side
of Lincoln, Nebraska, right here. And I've gotten
to visit their facility once and try out some
of their stuff and bring a couple home. And they
are very well put together and great people to
work with. And I know they have donated more
than generously to your youth on the air camp
that's coming up at VOA. And they are to be thanked
profusely for that. I think that is the most
wonderful thing. Yeah, which I found out about
it from you being here on the show. And we were
looking into soldering stations because we need
30 of them. And so we were kind of scrounging
around trying to figure out, OK, are we going
to try to borrow some? What are we going to do?
And I wrote them and tried to find out about
a cheaper model that they used to have that's
now discontinued. and see if maybe they could
give us a bulk discount. And so we got to talking
and they just decided, hey, this is a great opportunity
to help out some kids getting started in kit
building and we're just going to send you 30
of these. So we got a couple of cases of those
things and I'm looking forward to getting them
out and hooking them up. And also before the
show got a tweet from Jacob KG7EQN who says he's
a podcast listener and please thank Joe for the
tip on the Xtronic soldering station on your
last visit to HamTalk Live. A good soldering
iron is a must for kit building. So you're getting
the word out for him, Joe. Yes, I am. And I'm
glad he enjoys them. And like I said, whenever
I give a seminar, I always tell people that If
your first experience with kit building is frustrating
or doesn't work and it just doesn't seem to go
right Especially if you're using the wrong tools
You're never going to build another kit again
You're never going to try it again And so we
want to make that experience worthwhile and make
sure that they walk out with something that works
now We we did a group kit build in Orlando for
the Orlando Amateur Radio Club on Wednesday night
the night before set up at the ham fest and I
think we had 12 builders and of course they all
walked home with a working wall wart tamer, which
is a power supply kit and It's a neat kit. You
can put AC or DC into it and you get a regulated
One and a half to about sixteen and a half volts
coming out of it and very well filtered so it
takes Crummy laptop power supplies and you just
cut the plug off and solder the leads or tin
the leads and put them on the end of the board
That's your input So you already have a power
supply that can put out quite a bit and you get
about one and a half amps out of that one And
that one comes from qrp kits comm so you can
look for the wall wart tamer version 2 on their
site And it's not very expensive. I think it's
about $20 I'd like to recommend solder and I
can't emphasize this enough. I use 63 37 solder
it's not 6040 it is called eutectic solder but
6337 is the mixture it flows a lot better it
looks a lot better and it's a lot easier to work
with when you're soldering by hand and I use
of course rosin core and no clean is the best
because otherwise you get the the brown Flux
spots and the no clean the residue is either
non -existent or it's clear so 63 37 0 31 thickness
or 0 25 thickness Rosincor no clean is my doctor's
prescription for the best soldered to use Yeah,
so we've got the soldering irons and we've got
the solder and then you need connectors That's
right and And what's nice is a lot of the major
hamfests I go to, you're going to see Scott and
Jill from Tower Electronics. And they have about
all the plugs, jacks, connectors, switches, buttons
that you could possibly need when you're putting
together a kit and you want to make it into a
nice case and have nice controls, plugs, jacks,
and so on. They're the place I go for those as
well as the adapters needed. So there you go,
there's there's some good stuff that you can
get for all of your kit building needs so We'll
put those recommendations out whenever Joe is
on here and and and also you can't forget the
towel or paper plate for the parts. Oh Definitely.
Well what I do when I'm taking my pictures, I
use a towel but I use a tray from a tackle box
To sort my parts in and that keeps them all nice
and neat and it lets me snap it closed when I'm
away from it So once again the enemy of all kit
builders in this house, it is Newton and Tesla
Don't get into my part When you got a cat that
weighs 19 pounds, you definitely want to keep
it closed And as we know the earth isn't flat
because if it was everything would have been
pushed off of it by a cat by now exactly so so
yes I I always recommend having a container for
your parts that you can snap close because that
way when you take a break everything's going
to be there when you get back Neil Sometime I'll
sit down with you and we'll we'll throw together
some other kits and In person and we'll we'll
see how they go together Another one I'm playing
with I mentioned it in one of my articles is
a Tesla coil I think it sells for about $12 or
so and it's a very simple Tesla coil But it has
an audio input jack and if you hook that to the
audio out from a radio or mp3 player or something
It uses the high voltage arc as an arc speaker
And so it's kind of an interesting little thing
and I'm gonna be putting that together in the
near future as well but like I said our kit designer
has not stopped and He has something that when
he told me what it was. I was just just about
flabbergasted that this is going to be uh beyond
the crick key than the next kit from the forest
aqrp group i can't say anything but the uh preliminaries
on it will be revealed at ozarkon in branson
uh first weekend in april okay well there you
go another reason to go Well, the phone number
here is 859 -982 -7373. If you're listening to
us live on Thursday night, 859 -982 -7373, give
us a call. And I think we got caught up on everything
but one tweet. 86TWThomas has an interesting
question for you and it's not kit building. Okay.
He is interested in SDR and he wants to ask you
about your rig. Okay. Well, what I use as my
main radio here in the shack is an ICOM 7610
and along with it I have an IC 7300, both of
which are full SDR. I really enjoy both immensely
they've been a great reference radio, especially
while I've Been building kits tells me if I'm
on frequency and so forth and of course making
lots of Contacts including I got at least one
through to South Orkney Island VP eight Papa
Juliet Which just ended its operation. I think
tonight And so it's always good to get through
to a de -expedition and get a new country. But
the one I use, like I said, is the 7610 is the
primary radio and the secondary is the 7300.
Well, you one -upped me because I tried to get
South Orkney this afternoon. I tried for about
an hour and... and didn't have any luck and it
just got by me. In fact I don't even think they
were supposed to be on today. I think today was
a late ad and they were getting ready to shut
down tonight. But I had an hour and I thought
okay I'm gonna go try it at least because I've
been so busy I hadn't had time to to get them
in and so I missed them so I guess I'll have
to get them next trip which will be Maybe at
the top of the sunspot cycle who knows It would
be nice because this one this one was probably
one of the weaker ones that I've tried to work
and It's just the propagation Yeah, yeah, well,
hopefully it's on the way up soon. So Give us
a call. We have clear propagation on the phone
lines. It's 859 -982 -7373. All kinds of people
in the chat tonight on Spreaker. We've got Jill.
Jill's in here and said that you were going to
be the kit build school mom going around checking
everybody, make sure they're doing what they're
supposed to do. She's KD8QGA and Chris A4CB is
in here. Bonnie Jo's in here. Let's see, we also
have John W4USF. So thanks for joining us tonight,
John, and all kinds of stuff. Oh, and Troy W9KVR
is here too. So we've got all kinds of people
over in the Spreaker chat tonight. So thanks
for hanging out with us tonight. But if you have
a question, now's the time to call. It's 859
-982 -7373 or tweet us at hamptalklive. And Chris,
AA4CB says Orlando was a great kit build session.
Chris really enjoyed that. And that sounds like
a really useful thing. These wall warts are murder.
Yeah. And, um, the story behind why I chose that
is because my, my, most of my life career has
been an IT hardware and I, I fixed printers and
hardware. I'm not the one who's going to fix
your email. I'm the one who's going to put her
new power supply in or fix your printer. And
one of the things I've had to do is decommission
laptops, especially now when they're switching
from Windows 7 to Windows 10. So we take the
hard drive out and we copy their data and install
it on a new machine. So we end up with a pile
of laptops that are going to get recycled. And
I tell the guys, whatever you do, don't throw
out those darn power supplies. So they put those
in a box and there's one box in the garage at
work that I can't lift and so I'm gonna have
to filter out the supplies and put them in smaller
boxes to take them home. And so what I've been
able to do is I've been able to donate to each
kit builder a used laptop supply and all I do
is I cut the plug off the end and strip the leads
out and tin them and they go into the two terminal
pieces on the end of the board. And so I'm able
to do a good turn from the environment by reusing
laptop power supplies and turning them into something
very useful. Like if you have a kit that runs
on six volts, well, we can produce six volts
with this. If it needs nine volts, you can do
that. It goes anywhere from about one and a half
or one and a quarter volts up to about 16 and
a half. So, it was great to see Chris and Bonnie.
In fact, he recorded some video of the kit build
experience I did in Orlando. And I've already
talked to Orlando and we're going to do another
kit next year on Wednesday night once again for
their club. So we're going to have a kind of
a fun experience again for the local people there
that are going to be so busy putting on the ham
fest. But they get to sit down with me when they're
not under pressure to put on the ham fest and
actually build something they can take home.
Sounds like a great idea all the way around.
So I'm sure they'll be looking forward to that
and you get a chance to. make use of those old
power supplies. I've got a couple of them here.
Maybe I need to just bring those to you. Well,
you could, but actually I'd like to sit down
with you and have you put together one of these
kits. I think Jill put one together in Peoria.
And so she has a power supply that she can power
anything with. I know people that use these to
charge their handhelds or to power electronic
clock kits and other neat things. I think somebody
I saw used one to power a Nixie kit. And that's
something I need to do sometime. Want to build
one of those steampunk type? Nixie tube clock
kits, I think that would be kind of a fun addition
to the shack Yeah, that sounds like a cool one.
And yeah, I remember I had one of those wall
warts that had the slide switches on it and you
could you could pick the voltage and Switch the
polarity and everything and I just thought I
was the greatest thing You just tune in whatever
you want Yeah, now this one has a little trim
pot that you do that with but what I tell people
is once you get at home It's got holes on the
corners and you can mount it into a box and then
you can get one of those little $5 volt meter
things. It's like three digits. It's it's like
a little Chinese meter that has two or three
wires on it and It powers from it as well and
so you could put that on the front panel and
a 5k pot so that instead of having to adjust
with a screwdriver you have a nice knob and you
can adjust the voltage that way so that your
power supply becomes like a little bench supply.
Yeah that's a pretty cool thing. Yeah Chris actually
in the chat says that He has linked to that video
on YouTube, so I will copy that and paste it
into the show description here so that you can
go watch that video if you liked after the show.
It'll be in the podcast description, so we'll
get that so you can watch that. Well, Joe, the
clock, speaking of clocks, is telling me that
we're out of time. once again, so Any any last
things here before we go? Well Neil I wish you
the best of luck with the youth on the air in
Ohio I visited the voice of America facility
recently in December and it's a Absolutely ideal
for this. And, uh, I wish you the best of luck
and, uh, uh, you've got it going there. And I
think, uh, it's going to be a great time. And,
uh, I'm sure they're going to build lots of nice
kits there. Yeah, we, we've got two, uh, on the
books already and, uh, Should be a really good
time. Registration closes in 10 days, so if you
know someone who is between 15 and 25 that is
a licensed TAM, have them apply at youthontheair
.org and get your name in there. My upcoming
speaking engagements includes the Lincoln Ham
Fest right here, less than a mile from my house.
And that's also the Nebraska State ARL Convention.
And that is on the 14th on Saturday. So that's
a week from this Saturday. And then I will be
appearing at a few other Ham Fests as well, including
the International DX. convention in Visalia,
California late in April, and of course at Hamvention.
Yep, can't forget Hamvention and Visalia. Those
are two very, very good. This will be my first
to Visalia, and of course Huntsville. Yep, and
always enjoy. Getting to see you at Huntsville
because we have a little time to talk We never
have time to talk Well Joe, thank you so much
and find Joe at one of these he's ham fest that
he goes to and Get some of his experience he's
he's done so many of these kits for so many years
and He's been through it all, so he can tell
you all of the little tips and tricks to making
it all work, and it's well worth your time. Joe,
thanks for coming on, and we'll be talking again
in a few months, I'm sure. You bet, Neil. And
73 is from Lincoln, Nebraska. All right. Well,
that is a wrap for this week's HamTalk Live.
Thanks to Joe Eisenberg, KZeroNEB. and everybody
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know as well if you go over there and look. Also
again a reminder Carole Perry WB2MGP is accepting
nominations for the Young Ham Lens a Hand contest.
So if you know a young ham age 19 or younger,
who has lended a hand? It could be, you know,
service, volunteerism, mentoring, just a young
ham that's lended a hand to someone else. Nominate
them. Send it to WB2MGP at gmail .com before
the end of April and the winner will receive
a $100 cash prize at the Dayton Hamvention Youth
Forum. So make sure you nominate your favorite
young person and him or her will get $100 if
they win. So be sure to send those. Again, Whiskey
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7375 and may the good DX be yours