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On 24/01/2025 16:17, Todd W2TEF via groups.io wrote:

a SSB radio limited to 5w is still going to have limited appeal (and utility)

You may not have heard of the Yaesu FT-817 that sold essentially unchanged for 22 years and is possibly the best selling amateur radio of all time.

In case it passed you by, it was a 5W CW/SSB radio. With VHF/UHF and FM.

;-)

I have a great interest in your project! And, I would buy a kit.

73,
Larry K3PEG

I keep thinking Hans really ought to raise the price when SSB is available. For sure his support load is going to rise, perhaps dramatically. (Which means I should order a QMX+ now while the getting is good!)

On the plus side, a SSB radio limited to 5w is still going to have limited appeal (and utility). Maybe the SSB-enabled QMX will be the basis of a new radio with a bigger RF output. Would he have to change the name to QRO-Labs? :-) (If I was his only customer, he'd have to change it to QRS-Labs...)

Personally I have no interest in SSB, though it'll be fun to say my little tiny QMX (mini) is capable of it. And someday I intend to investigate digital modes.

Re: CW: my journey is ironic, though perhaps not unique. I was licensed in 1998 as a Tech+ specifically so I could use CW with my little SW-40. My license lapsed after a time. I re-licensed just over a year ago because, with the code requirement gone, why not? Like Corey, now that I am licensed, I have been on the air and growing in my CW abilities, and I operate almost exclusively CW.

My bet is Hans would LOVE to make a big announcement at FDIM, as with the introduction of the QMX+ last year. And adding SSB a year after introduction would indeed be a coup.

But the QMX's will always be mainly about CW for me: their diminutive physical size and their diminuitive QRP power (and battery consumption) both lend themselves to that use. And they are still far more affordable than anything remotely comparable. It has been exactly the right radio for me.

73 de Todd W2TEF

Sounds very interesting!

On 23/01/2025 23:40, Chris via groups.io wrote:

let's be generous now and some will repay us.

That's what I got many years ago.

I requested a sample Si570 from Si Labs.

Instead if a basic one like I was using in my HF Softrocks I was sent two A grade ones. Retail ?60 each, go up to 1.4GHz.

Maybe my enthusiasm for Softrocks sold a few C grade ones but apart from a few tests my A grades never went above 100MHz..

73 Alan G4ZFQ

Is it ready yet, is it 'there' yet, when we gonna have it, Dad.

sorry, could'nt resist the temptation.

Hans & QRP Labs make some of the most innovative and affordable amateur radios out there. To be able to have a radio with all those features you can build, work on, repair or modify yourself is truly second to none. These little QRP rigs are awesome for CW and digital modes, 3-5 watts sideband would be another cool feature to have when/if it happens I will load that firmware, but I personally don't think I will make nearly as many contacts with that mode. In the mean time I am loving these little rigs! Thank you QRP Labs for all you do for amateur radio.