The October 2009 edition of RSGBs RadCom carries some column inches entitled A New Chinese QRP Transceiver in its regular monthly QRP feature. K1HAH, John Callaghan, is taking orders for these HB-1A fully built units, similar to Eleccrafts KX-1. Shipment will be direct from China. They are fully built and cover 5 16MHz CW/SSB Rx and 7, 10 & 14MHz CW Tx at approx. 4W when driven from a mains PSU. They are designed and manufactured in China by BD4RG and another ham named Bu Xianzhi.
A UK retailer, Martyn Lynch, is advertising them at approx. £250, http://www.hamradio.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eham radio%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fAmateur_Radio%2ehtml <http://www.hamradio.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000001.pl?REFPAGE=http%3a%2f%2fwww%2eha mradio%2eco%2euk%2facatalog%2fAmateur_Radio%2ehtml&WD=hb%2d1a&PN=Am_Handheld _MyDEL%2ehtml%23a1_213804#a1_213804> &WD=hb%2d1a&PN=Am_Handheld_MyDEL%2ehtml%23a1_213804#a1_213804 or go to www.hamradio.co.uk <http://www.hamradio.co.uk/> and search for HB-1A. Could this be the Chinese clone of the KX-1, but with SMT? 73 DaveL G3TJP ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
