My Favorite CW Morse Code Only Radios

These tiny radios are a lot of fun and have a bit of quirks to them that make it very compelling to collect them all! Tonight I'll talk about my favorites and some others I don't own and why you might want to consider picking one up! Adam K6ARK joins me to share his expertise in the tiny radio game too!    / k6arkportableradio  

Links from the show:
K6ARK Amazing portable antenna transformer: https://k6ark.com/
Adam's wild Pixie mod    • Smallest (ever?) HF transceiver?  Let...  
Download and practice with G4FON Windows app https://www.g4fon.net/
Pixie kit and derivatives (~$7.00-25.00) - Simple and pretty limited BUT people have made it work:    • Smallest (ever?) HF transceiver?  Let...  
Rockmite (~$40) Also simple - https://www.qrpme.com/?p=product&id=RM4
4 State QRP Cricket (~$40) Easy kit, simple radio - http://www.4sqrp.com/cricket40.php
QRX Plus and Mini (~$49) somewhat complicated kit - https://qrp-labs.com/qcxmini.html
4 State QRP Hill Topper (~$115) somewhat complicated kit - http://www.4sqrp.com/Hilltopper20.php
Venus SW-3B (~$188) retail, similar to YouKits (Adam Recommended) - https://www.venus-itech.com/product/s...
W3RNC TR-35 (~$249) Four band kit (Joe Recommended - http://www.wa3rnc.com/store/tr-35-cw-...
LNR Mountain Topper “MTR” (~$349) retail, four bands - https://www.lnrprecision.com/store/Mt...

My favorite HT antenna is the Signal Stuff Signal Stick: https://signalstuff.com/?ref=622
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@1:25 Intro - Show topic
@6:10 KX1 Walk around
@9:20 CW Only Radios
@15:30 How Adam learned Morse Code
@21:50 Adam's customized Mountain Topper 3 band
@31:35 Why not just buy an Elecraft KX2?
@34:45 What is the most compromised antenna Adam has used?
@45:10 Thoughts on the pixie?
@46:45 Thoughts on crystal locked radios?
@48:45 Recommended radios
@55:24 the coolest KX1 feature
@56:10 Size comparison
@1:00:30 Adam's modified Pixie kits
@1:09:00 Adam's antenna kit

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