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My current short term project is to assemble some lovely software for Linux to facilitate making your own morse code practice CDs. If you just can't wait for my variant of the software (and I know you need to get some code learning now), check out Twilley.org. Note that this is a big chunk of the code I'm using, but I'm also doing some other stuff to facilitate the initial learning, instead of just speed building. (Specifically, this is so I can learn without writing things down, because I want some noise at work, where I'm busy) PLEASE email me and scold me for not having this ready yet.

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I'm looking for a schematic/plans to build a 6m CW rig. Why? Because that's an interesting looking band, and my license (Tech-) permits me to operate CW there (and how can you develop your CW skills to get HF privileges without working CW QSO's?). The trouble is, I'm not looking to spend hundreds or thousands of dollars or hours in making one. Any thoughts, please let me know... thanks.

Since I've looked around considerably, and still nobody else's design has jumped into my browser and satisfied my curious tastes... I'm trying to design/build one (6m CW rig) from scratch. Read All About It!

Perhaps you're more interested in other people's attempts at 6m CW.

2 transistor 50 Mhz CW transceiver
6m SSB/CW transceiver
Ultra Simple Receiver for 6 Meters (PDF FILE!) N1TEV's all mode (CW, SSB, AM, FM!) Super-Regenerative 6m receiver. This may become the core of my project, as it's the first truly good looking simple-to-build receiver circuit I've run across.

Before you speak in front of a group... you should probably read this (or something else like it).

Things that I didn't know and had to look up, that may be useful to you. Hopefully this information will be timesaving. Of course, you can ask me to look things up for you. I might say no.

The KC9ASI station clock project research that has been accumulated. The goal here is to get a clock that emits light and keeps accurate time (relatively), 24 hour, UTC.

Tricks I've learned for making do with inexpensive or nonexistant test equipment.

Help me solve my problems in building this stuff. As troubles pop up that I feel I shouldn't be having (i.e. I check my wiring, I check my schematic, and they match, and it's somebody else's design which they claim works...) I'll post them on here. Once I get them figured out, I'll update the pages with the answers, so that people

will stop emailing me answers, and
can learn from my mistakes.

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My toys. Mostly vintage test gear right now, that may change.

My Shack. The radio stuff that I've built (and "appliances" I've purchased...) and will be keeping and using. Still not quite enough to have a homebrew QSO yet...

Projects What good is a ham radio website without a few projects? This is NOT WIP, this is cookbook instructions for things that you can put together quickly and easily.

Suppliers Where you can get stuff to (a) keep our economy rolling, (b) further your enjoyment of our great hobby, (c) all of the above.

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Reinstate the 20 WPM CW requirement

Here are a few links that I've enjoyed:

W0KPH's site about antennas these are super small extremely efficient antennas that you should look at.
International Morse Code (for the Navy Radioman) Of particular interest is the letter-writing method, the advice to learn to copy behind, and their use of the Farnsworth method in training.
Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series Just about the best casual guide to electronics theory that I've run across. (I call it a "casual" guide because they're not painfully drilling the design math into your head. Be brave and download the whole thing.) If you're not actually part of the United States Navy, then you probably won't be able to have them grade it for you, but the information is still valid and useful. (For some reason, I really like Navy training manuals, much better than any Army manuals I've seen.)
RASON Projects Page The Radio Amateur Society of Norwich seems to have some wonderful "beginner level" projects, including a keyer for about $6 of parts and a box to turn an FM only HT into a MCW rig.
2m Tape Measure Yagi I saw one of these sitting in the back of someone's (N9EV's?) car at a local surplus sale, and thought it was the greatest idea I'd ever seen. Construction cost should be around $15, less if you've a well-stocked junkbox (or a dead steel-tape measure).
(NOTE: 2/9/2: Just went to the local home improvement warehouse store. $13.37 was enough for parts for 2 (+!!) , less feedlines. Tape measure (el-cheapo) for around $1, 2 5' lengths of 3/4 Sch.40 PVC ($.89/ea), 3 3/4 crosses (about $1.20/ea), and 9 3/4 T's ($.18/ea). That's booms and a bit of a support mast out of a 5' chunk of pipe, with a whole antenna costing arround 8 dollars (1 cross, 3 T's, 2 hose clamps, a few screws, a little coax and wire, and about 12 feet of tape.)
I'm using 3/4 inch because the tape seemed to "fit" 3/4 inch fittings better, and because the 1/2 inch PVC pipe was just too flexible for my taste. I want rigidity.
Rather than supporting the beam from the rear, I am adding a T somewhere (probably between the driven element and the director, about centered on the mast) to allow a chunk of 3/4 PVC to be used as a mast. This will probably be rather ugly, rather quickly, and will probably turn into 3/4 PVC to Something Threaded (or at least something bigger) real quick, so that I actually have some degree of stability in the mast.

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