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SSB and Digital with… a QCX?

In January 2019, a ham named Guido, PE1NNZ posted to the QRP Labs groups.io group. The title of the post was "QCX-SSB: SSB with your QCX transceiver".If you're familiar with the QCX, then you'll realize ...

Drone Photography On The Cheap: Worthwhile?

This was taken with a hobby drone costing less than $100. Read on for more details! Long before cheap drones were a thing, in fact long before the quadcopters we call drones were a thing ...

Goodbye QCX, Hello QCX+!

Today in the QRP Labs Groups.io group, Hans Summers announced an updated replacement for the QCX, which he's calling the QCX+. It'll be $6 more than the old QCX, but there's some wonderful improvements. It's ...

Salvaging old CB’s for QRP Parts: Part 4

In the previous three installments, we tore down two old CB's and an even older tube based CB linear amplifier. Those teardowns were a lot of fun and a great way to look at the ...

Easy Bitx: More details, Tentative Pricing and Release Date

Update 5/11/2020: Article updated to reflect correct information regarding band availability Ever since HF Signals discontinued the BITX40, there's been a gap in the available SSB QRP kits out there. Sure, there's the uBITX, but ...