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On Sun, Jan 1, 2023 at 10:13 PM, Rex Harper

<w1rex@...> wrote:

Dave,

Spent some time unstacking boxes and found what I was looking for!

Got plenty of polyvaricons...as I spent an entire social security check buying many flavors of caps!

Of course, the Super Tuna ][ has band module capability and the basic version comes with 40m parts. An 80/30/20 pack is also available so you can change bands in a only a few seconds! Sudden Storm kits are canned and on the shelf as are a slightly different Soup Up kit. Old pots were retired but I found some new ones.

I also have a brand new 12V soldering iron of the variety I mentioned before. I have lots of irons in for use/sales at my Buildathons so I can part with it as a gift to you. Its nice to see your call sign back in TunaLand!

Rex

On 1/1/2023 9:09 PM, David Knapp via groups.io wrote:

Rex,

I watched your video, in fact, I did again early this morning to delay some other work I needed to help my father-in-law with. I was Class 3 Space Shuttle solder certified back in the 80s and post cataract surgery a few years back I can see better than when I was 40, lol. I ordered the butane iron, but I didn't have an XT-60 female connector and AMZ said the 12v iron was to be delayed until Feb 14 although the price was right. I saved it for later & ordered the female to the banana adapter, my POTA power box is a group 24 battery box with Power Pole connectors and a couple of banana jacks with 12 AH of LIFEPO4 batteries I installed. So the battery that will power my Tuna cans could also help build them & have a solar panel to extend the time even further.

If you find the capacitors let us know, I would build a 20M & 40M Super Tuna 2 & would even consider doing a 30M version if I could get help finding the toroid coil/cap value, etc.

If you have a Sudden Storm Kit or Rexwood 1000W RX kit in stock with the Soupup kit instead let me know. I still think doing a POTA activation with a complete TT2 station would be cool, I think one of the QRP sites out there has a 200Hz audio filter kit floating around. The beauty of some of these designs is they don't have to be perfect like a brand new rig out of Japan, they just have to be fun. Your other kits are fun too. I built several kits from K1SWL back in the 90s when I never got over Heath going out of business.

Dave - KU9L

On Sunday, January 1, 2023 at 07:49:21 PM EST, Rex Harper <tunacankits@...> wrote:

On 1/1/2023 4:23 PM, David Knapp via groups.io wrote:

Have fun David & get out of IL down to where you feel like a tourist, but playing radios sure is fun and Thomas K4SWL gives tons of code practice on his YT channel just doing SOTA & POTA.

Does Rex W1REX keep Tuna kits in stock ready to go or are they kitted one at a time when ordered?

Rex, Do you sell any Tuna Super PaLooza's or 40m Tuna PaLooza kit's these days or do you concentrate on the current projects?

72, Dave - KU9L

Dave,

Most of my sales are for my home brew Manhattan bboards. I shot myself in the foot by making them a little smaller and a lot cheaper so my my sales income is down almost 50%! I try to keep tuna can kits stocked on my inventory shelf.... and sell a few here and there. Most of us 'old-timer' QRPers have already built them and moved on (not me!). I sell some to newbies and others who have lost their tuna 'stash' in some sort of cataclysmic event like an un-informed cleanout! That is why I don't let my wife anywhere near my QRPstuff. To her, a cord is a cord, and she hates anything electronical especially cords! I just checked and the only thing I'm missing are Super Tuna ][s due to no tuning caps. I have some laying about but just can't find them. The Supers are kitted but lacking the cap. Looks like I'd better put out a BOLO for them.

You should check out my Tool Talk on my YouTube channel.... I really loved my Radio Shack Butane soldering iron and the EXACT same irons are still available from ISO. Just don't fly with one...as TSA will confiscate all butane irons that look like they have been used...in you carry on or checked bags. I know because they have 3 of mine! I also use 12V irons when portable (or flying!) especially at shows where I can't afford an electrical connection in my booth. I use a 35Ahr AGM motorized wheel chair battery I bought at a hamfest for $20 as a power source and can solder all weekend on that! I've added links to those irons. While I don't use THAT specific 12V iron, I've used others very close to it. It does have the interchangeable tips and I've found those style 12V irons to work reasonably well for kits but they struggle a little on big ground plane connections. They advertise 40-50-60 watts (sorta like those 300W stereos) but I measured many on a kilawatt device and they struggle to reach 30W. The butanes can run HOT!

Rex? W1REX