VE9KK Blog

What is going on? Back in November 2017 I ordered and built the Funk Amateur FA-VA4 antenna analyzer kit . The kit was built and passed ...

When the bands are slow it's time to build a kit! I have had this RF probe kit from   Pacific Antenna that has been gathering dust and...

Just a bit more tidy Today I took the chance to clean up the radio desk a bit, now that the LP-100A has been removed from the desk and s...

My 1/2 built K2 is up for sale Many decisions have been made here at VE3WDM in the past few months. We decided to downsize to a condo in...

The dreaded toroid... When I first started kit building some years ago it was the dreaded toroid winding that I never looked forward to...

Oliver is keeping an eye on things I was on the radio this afternoon and not much was on the WARC bands    (CW contesting on the other b...

K1EL Winkeyer ready for action For some time now I have wanted a stand alone keyer as well as one that integrated with my PC allowing me...

About a month ago a new kit arrived and is still sitting waiting to be built. With some thought and over time I ended up selling my Logik...

My additional blog Back in December when my second Elecraft K2 kit arrived I tossed around the idea of starting an additional blog abou...

Working the KX3 OQ5A setup On Friday I was able to take the opportunity to get some well deserved radio time in. Most weeknights whe...

My first K2 serial 6613 This week I posted a question on the Elecraft reflector "I'm building a bare bones Elecraft K2 radio an...

Now that fall is in full swing and most.....typo alert remove  "and most" (thanks to Gary at rework eliminator for Elecraft K2 ...

Well the KX3 is almost completed and this is the 3rd of a 4 part assembly video of the radio. In this YouTube video I go over the problems I...

Charger ready for testing I have built  A&A Engineering's 1 amp Smart Battery QRP charger mainly for my Elecraft K2's intern...

During the NAQP CW contest In Canada Monday is a civic holiday.....translation...LONG WEEKEND!!! The weather has been a mixed bag of sun...

Hendricks attenuator in service It's Friday and the IARU contest is tomorrow, I had been checking out the propagation throughout ...

Ready for action The time has come for me to open up my Elecraft K3 and preform some surgery. When I purchased the Elecraft P3 to enh...

QRPometer complete Well the QRPometer has made it from a pile of parts to a very useful tool for the shack and portable op's. It...

The 4 state QRP QRPometer Back in late March I read on W2LJ's blog a post about the new QRPometer available from the 4 state QRP ...

I really enjoy kit building I find it to be a nice pass time when the propagation is not co-operative and the bands are slow. With kit bu...