World's Smallest Transmitter?
Keychain QRP is the world’s smallest HF Ham Radio CW transmitter available for sale, and they are proudly handmade in The United States of America.
Available frequencies:
10m ham band: 28.224 MHz – Any Ham license
80m ham band: 3.57954 MHz – Any Ham license
160m ham band: 1.8432 MHz – General class or higher license required
FM broadcast band: 100.000 MHz – No license required
AM broadcast band: 614.400 KHz – No license required
Typical Power Output: 160 milliwatts max with 9v battery
Antenna Connector: SMA female 50 ohm
Built-in LED indicator to verify your battery is still good and that you are indeed transmitting when you key the transmitter.
Seems to be an ETSY product. Sold out when I checked.
http://qrznow.com/the-worlds-smallest-hf-transmitter-made-in-u-s-a/
Raspberry Pi Alternative
The new Asus Tinker Board is a Raspberry Pi sized board with a more powerful processor and 2 Gig of onboard RAM. Capable of playing 4K video. About $68
RS-HFIQ 5W Software Defined Radio (SDR) Tranceiver
Thanks to Rich K2UPS
From a kickstarter project and brought to us by the same folks who make the HardRock 50 amplifier, the RS-HFIQ is an assembled SDR Transceiver for 80 - 10 Meters at 5 Watts output. Requires a computer with an additional sound card (recommended card is on web site). $239 and up
Chinese Kit Market May Be In For Price Increases
Thanks to Craig KD2CXK
Due to potential, politically-driven changes the price of Chinese kits and radios may be increasing soon. Grab then while you can from:
eBay
Ali Express
BangGood
Amazon
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