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1. [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>; Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 15:00:33 +0000 (UTC); It's not likely that the homebrew side will ever be squeezed out. While I am sad that Small Wonder Labs disappeared, Elecraft is going strong, HFPacker amplifier kits up to 100 watts are available, Q; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00018.html (10,710 bytes)
2. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 21:38:44 +0000; I believe people don't homebrew their radios for the same reason they don't build their own cars: While it can be done, and some people do, it is not cost-effective. Many decades ago you could homebr; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00027.html (7,975 bytes)
3. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: "Jeff AC0C" <keepwalking188@ac0c.com>; Date: Mon, 2 Jan 2017 16:13:57 -0600; I agree with Bill generally -- but would add that the term "cost" means both time as well as money. More and more parts are only available in SMT size but for the most part that's not a major limitat; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00029.html (9,371 bytes)
4. [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 05:17:32 -0600; All this demonstrates is that there are two ham radios, and some of you inhabit a world foreign to mine. In my ham radio, nearly everyone I know is a "ham in a basement with a soldering iron." Buildi; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00033.html (7,520 bytes)
5. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 14:17:30 +0000 (UTC); "All this demonstrates is that there are two ham radios..." There are at least two ham radios, and probably more. Even among builders, the one that involves restoring boat-anchor gear doesn't have mu; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00034.html (10,050 bytes)
6. [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: "Jim Thomson" <jim.thom@telus.net>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 07:37:34 -0800; All this demonstrates is that there are two ham radios, and some of you inhabit a world foreign to mine. In my ham radio, nearly everyone I know is a "ham in a basement with a soldering iron." Buildi; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00039.html (8,840 bytes)
7. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 18:35:34 +0000; -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: The most cost effective approach to ham radio is to buy quality used equipment. If one buys the really good stuff, one can almost always resell it later; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00041.html (8,144 bytes)
8. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Jim Brown <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>; Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2017 12:34:52 -0800; Without quoting all of this email, I'd like to say that this exchange between Rob and Cathy has been very good. Both of them make excellent points. And from where I sit, there are MANY ham radios. Te; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00046.html (13,366 bytes)
9. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 19:00:54 -0600; You need a lot more than that. Go to hamfests and look for and start buying up QSTs from before around 1955, ditto for handbooks, don't overlook tube manuals, the RCA Redbook, IIT Engineers Handbook; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00066.html (9,737 bytes)
10. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Richard Solomon <dickw1ksz@gmail.com>; Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2017 18:08:57 -0700; If you are a member of the ARRL, you have access to all the old QST's in pdf format on the League website. The search engine works too !! Also, you can get the entire run of Ham Radio Magazine in pdf; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00067.html (10,897 bytes)
11. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 00:34:08 -0500; Ham Radio , 73, and older QSTs have some good construction articles. Most newer magazines construction articles, to me, are gadgets, or QRP. I have little to no interest in these. To me, the standard; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00075.html (11,796 bytes)
12. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 08:36:41 +0000; It occurs to me that one could have some fun and make a few bucks homebrewing coax cable assemblies. I would suggest using crimp style PL-259 connectors and making up a variety of lengths. You cold s; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00076.html (8,840 bytes)
13. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: "Roger (K8RI)" <k8ri@rogerhalstead.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 04:48:03 -0500; Good I idea Bill, as professional looking connections with crimp connectors and the glue coated heat shrink (commonly called Flooded) are fast and easy with a properly adjusted prep tool. Physically; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00077.html (11,270 bytes)
14. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Bill Turner <dezrat@outlook.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 10:28:10 +0000; -- ORIGINAL MESSAGE --(may be snipped) REPLY: Same with the marine environment. For some reason, hams seem to prefer soldered over crimped, but if properly done, you can try to pull apart a crimped c; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00078.html (9,227 bytes)
15. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Rob Atkinson <ranchorobbo@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 05:40:20 -0600; That's like the term "homebrewed dipole" an insult to anyone who actually builds a major piece of equipment such as a transmitter. In the days before these manufactured assemblies and dipoles were m; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00079.html (8,302 bytes)
16. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: "Paul Christensen" <w9ac@arrl.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 08:15:54 -0500; and sold, EVERYONE "homebrewed" their feedlines and antennas. those SKs must be turning over in their graves." Go back even further in time and we find that entire stations were homebrewed. Over the; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00080.html (10,908 bytes)
17. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Breitner <lists@rudn.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 08:57:15 -0500; I can attest that this is can be a winning idea. About 8-10 years ago while retiring NTSC transmitters and general site cleanup, I rescued about 1000' of 9913 and RG-214 of varying lengths that was h; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00083.html (10,915 bytes)
18. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Jeff Breitner <lists@rudn.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 09:05:32 -0500; As I am sure Grace Hopper has had a few spins of her own. Both amateur radio and computing demonstrate that we all sort of stand on the stairs built by our predecessors, and while I agree the term "h; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00084.html (9,182 bytes)
19. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Tom Hellem <tom.hellem@gmail.com>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 07:25:11 -0700; JeffWell said and I like your idea about the coax jumpers. However, from what I have seen, it will still be just a bunch of old guys putting them together. The youngsters, sadly, are too busy playing; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00085.html (9,781 bytes)
20. Re: [Amps] Decline of homebrewing? (score: 1): Author: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>; Date: Thu, 5 Jan 2017 16:16:45 +0000 (UTC); I agree. You need either SSB or PSK. And a PSK QRP project could be simple, inexpensive, and easily taken to the field. But the PSK coding/ decoding would need to be built into firmware programmable; /archives//html/Amps/2017-01/msg00087.html (12,890 bytes)

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