MXM SupeRX/TX 40 QSO with KA2BKG

I picked this transceiver up at Winterfest for one dollar. 40 meters. Superhet receiver with 455 kc ceramic filter and 2 NE602s. Crystal controlled one watt transmitter on 7039.5 kc. I emailed Jeff KA2BKG and asked him to slide up a bit to my freq. I am glad he did. Thanks Jeff.

[@tim46767]

Well, it's a nice rig. Definitely worth more than a dollar, but the intrinsic value is much more important. Someone put a lot of effort into it and it works perfectly. Simple and minimalist. Bill, you have to give the amateur radio gods a gift.

[@tcarney57]

Music to my ears! CW has a great blather filter: no "uh," no "hmmm," and no politics, complaints about the XYL, or medical-history content. Just the facts, along with abbreviated pleasantries. My kind of QSO.

[@radiotec76]

You said it! I’ve always said that on phone, particularly my local Houston 2 Meter FM repeater, that you don’t know if it’s the ham operator talking or the bourbon.

[@dxexplorer]

Ahh I really need some free time to learn the code as well. I am dying to make QSO in CW and use all the simple stuff I built so far. Nice QSO. Love the little TRX. 73, YO6DXE.

[@justinelliott3529]

How fast are you going there? (Wpm)

[@soldersmoke]

About 13 wpm That's my estimate. Reverse Beacon Network says the speed of my CQs is 15 wpm.

[@radiotec76]

⁠Bill, I’d go with the beacon. It does sound closer to 15 WPM.