S-Pixie CW QRP Ham Amateur Shortwave Radio Transceiver 7.023 7.050 Mhz DIY Kits with Transparent Acrylic Shell

Fun, inexpensive little kit that anyone who is interested in radio communications should build and enjoy. Although there is very little included in the way of instruction, there is enough documentation online to complete it easily. All the parts were of decent quality and the Lexan box gives it a bit more of a finished looked.

This is a fun little project to build a 1 watt QRP CW transceiver. The kit is well designed and the build instructions are easy to follow. The case is well made and fits like a glove. It comes with two crystals so you can choose which frequency you would like to transmit on. I now have an inexpensive unit to practice my CW skills. It is surely a low cost tool to help you learn morse code. 73 W4WQC.

The kit was easy and fun to put together. The instructions that came with the kit was ok. Not the best, but sufficient and even helpful at times. Alignment of the transceiver was easy. For what it is, it is worth the price. It's fun. I like the case. You have to figure it out, but it isn't that difficult. For fun, I'd buy it again and recommend you buy it, if you like to build electronics kits. BTW, you MUST be a licensed Ham to transmit with this radio on the air.

It looks like a good product with reasonable instructions, at a good price. I intent to put it together later.

Press the button and it goes beep! Not too bad to assemble.

Built this radio for fun, for soldering practice, and for experimentation. Mine came with a frosted plastic case, see pictures. The radio is very sensitive, but selectively is not great. Local AM broadcast stations do sometimes bleed into this radio no problem. However I was able to hear CW signals though not in tune with my radio. My Pixie transmits on 7.0490.90 MHz. Best way to make contact is to toss out your callsign and wait to see if a hunter can tune into your signal. I recommend powering the radio with a battery. Noise from a AC power supply will bleed into the audio output. Another recommendation is to leave the buzzer covered with its sticker to reduce noise. The buzzer is quite loud and bothering when transmitting.

This kit will always transmit as long as it is powered. You will send a small tone that can be heard by others even though you are not keyed down. My kit always had very poor audio and is impossible to work with.

Bought as just a little project to practice my soldering skills. Straight forward project which actually worked upon completion.