AA3SJ


My Operating Table

Here is a list of the radios that get the most air-time in my station:

Homebrew Rigs:
20 Meter transceiver built around the miniR2 Single Signal DC Receiver
30 Meter transceiver also built around the miniR2
There's just something about the fidelity of a DC receiver that "works" with my ears. Both rigs follow the "Passport" design, published by Rick Campbell, in QRP Power. The transmitters follow Wes Hayward's Ugly Weekender circuit.
10 Meter MiniPIG transceiver
40 Meter Micro-Mountaineer
20 Meter Micro-Mountaineer

Kits:
Wilderness Sierra
20 Meter & 40 Meter Wilderness SSTs
30 Meter Small Wonders DSW
20 Meter / 40 Meter Small Wonders SW+ Rigs (Housed in a single enclosure.)
Elecraft K2
15 Meter 624 Kits Transceiver (A.K.A., the Breed Transceiver / KC1

My One QRO Rig:
Icom 706


Finally, here's a list of some very practical QRP accessories:
OHR QRP Wattmeter -- Every QRP shack needs one.
MFJ 971 Portable Tuner -- Tunes just about anything.
Homebrew power supply.
Tick keyers (Installed in several of my radios).
Small Wonders Freqmites (Installed in several radios).
Whiterook Single Lever Mini Paddle.
LDG QRP Automatic Antenna Tuner.


Photo of the current arrangement on my operating table.
Things change just about weekly according to my operating whims.