QRPme 2024 LIVE Stream
Buildathon #1
W1REX & friends will be hosting
a LIVE streamed BUILDATHON...over 3 nights....starting at the
end of January. Sunday January 28, Wednesday January 31 and the
following Sunday February 4 are the nights scheduled for the 3
sessions centered around building a Tuna Tin 2 40th
Anniversary kit. In previous LIVE streamed BUILDATHONS, we have
been limited in trying to cram an entire BUILDATHON in a 2 or 3
hour time slot. The builds were done in a rather quick pace in
order to get everything into the single session with not much
time for in depth discussion on the what and why. This
BUILDATHON will be much different. Each session will focus on a
different aspect of the process.
Sunday January 28 5PM EST
Objectives: WHY QRP, TT2 circuit
operation, parts identification & sorting, soldering
techniques and practice.
We will be talking about all the
above stuff then ending with soldering practice building a
couple of elementary pieces of QRP test equipment useful after
your successful completion of the 40th Anniversary
Tuna Tin 2 kit. Lots of time to cover these topics with Q&A
encouraged. Additions to the 40th Anniversary kit
will include parts & pcb for a simple straight key, dummy
load and RF Probe. These 3 items are much simpler than the
actual TT2 transmitter so easier to build. They will make good
starting points for those learning to solder YET very useful
when checking out your completed Tuna Tin 2 transmitter.
Wednesday January 31 8PM EST
Objectives: BUILDING a QRP kit!
Since you now know 'everything'
about the Tuna Tin 2 design and how to solder, we get to work
and actually BUILD the kit. With 37 total parts, this TT2 kit is
a relatively simple to build and should be able to be completed
in one evening. We will take it slow and since this session is
not in another event's time window, we should be able to take it
slowly so that everyone should be able to keep up....now that
you are ALL experienced solderers....
Sunday February 4 5PM EST
Objectives: Getting everyone's kit
up & running and testing its performance.
We will have the whole session
devoted to getting EVERYONE's kit completed and running as
expected. We will learn how to use the key, dummy load and RF
Probe to debug and check transmitter performance.
We will be LIVE streaming this
BUILDATHON from Stephen, N1SH, Houser's QTH and will have plenty
of time each evening to get through the objectives. It will be
broadcast on my YouTube account (Rex Harper) and on Charlie
¡°Red¡± Brown, NJ7V, (Red Summit RF) Podcast channel. All 3
sessions will be archived on those sites immediately after their
broadcast so latecomers will be able to review any missed
material.... Times will be 4PM EST on the Sunday sessions and
8PM EST on the Wednesday session. All kits will be shipped via
USPS Priority Mail so US and Canada orders should have ample
time to arrive on time. DX orders are a little iffy unless they
are ordered ASAP.
Stay tuned to this product page for
more information as I will be posting lots of pre-Buildathon
information before the 1st session.
Website:
Buildathn page:
Hope to see you there!
Rex W1REX
