Selected QRP Homebuilder References
Home building your own QRP equipment is much easier to do if you have a good collection of references to guide you. Many periodicals are or will be available on CD-ROM which allows for the easy purchase of back issues. For example, Doug DeMaw wrote countless electronics-related articles for QST , however, the late 1980's was his peak period in my opinion. All of these QST articles are available on CD-ROM from the ARRL and are both invaluable and enjoyable references.
Here is a collection of great books and articles found in our QRP HomeBuilder library.
Books
- W1FB's Design Notebook by Doug DeMaw , published by the ARRL.
- Solid State Design for the Radio Amateur by Wes Hayward and Doug DeMaw, published by the ARRL.
- W1FB's QRP Notebook, by Doug DeMaw, published by the ARRL .
- Introduction to Radio Frequency Design, by Wes Hayward, published by the ARRL
- The ARRL Handbook should be in any complete bookshelf.
- VHF/UHF Manual, by G.R. Jessop, G6IP, published by RSGB, carried by the ARRL online bookstore.
- QRP Power, published by the ARRL . Has many great QRP related circuits from QST, QEX and the ARRL Handbook.
Periodical and Handbook Articles
- A high Dynamic Range MF/HF Receiver Front End by Jacob Makhinson N6NWP, QST for Feb 1993.
- The Ugly Weekender: parts 1 and 2 , by Roger Hayward, KA7EXM and Wes Hayward, W7ZOI, QST for Aug 1981 and June 1992.
- An Optimized QRP Transceiver by Roy Lewallen, W7EL , QST for Aug 1980.
- High Performance DC Receivers by Rick Campbell, KK7B for QST Aug 1992.
- A Progressive Communications Receiver by Wes Hayward and John Lawson, K5IRK for QST Nov 1981.
- A QRP CW/SSB Transceiver for 14 MHz: parts 1 and 2 by Wes Hayward for QST Dec 1989 and Jan 1990.
- How To Build Your Own 20 Meter CW Receiver by M.A. Chapman , KI6BP for CQ Nov 1994.
- A Band-Imaging CW Receiver for 10 and 18 MHz by Dave Newkirk, AK7M in the ARRL Handbook since 1991.
- A Single-Board QRP SSB Transceiver for 20 or 75 Meters by Dave Benson, NN1G for QST, April 1997.
- Taking the Mystery Out of Diode Double-Balanced Mixers by Shankar Joshi for QST, December 1993.
- The Double-Tuned Circuit: An Experimenter's Tutorial by Wes Hayward, W7ZOI for QST, December 1991.
- Designing and Building Simple Crystal Filters by Wes Hayward, W7ZOI for QST, July 1987.
- A Small High-Performance CW Transceiver by Rick Campbell, KK7B for QST, Nov 1995.
- Build Your Own 30 Meter Transceiver by M.A. Chapman, KI6BP for CQ June 1996.
- How To Build A QRP Transceiver for the Novice 15 Meter Band by M.A. Chapman, KI6BP, for CQ Nov 1995.
- Multi-Band Direct-Conversion Receiver by Hannes Coetzee, ZS6BZP, for Communications Quarterly Fall 1998.
- A Rock-Bending Receiver for 7 MHz by Randy Henderson, WI5W for QST Aug 1995.
- A Binaural I-Q Receiver by Rick Campbell, KK7B for QST March 1999.
- Regenerative Receivers Past and Present by Charles Kitchin, N1TEV for Communications Quarterly Fall 1995.
- Three-Watt Transmitting Converter for 6 Meters by Zac Lau, W1VT ARRL in the Handbook starting 1989.
- Junk-Box Converters for 6 and 2 Meters by Rod Kreuter, WA3ENK for QST January 1997.
- The Principles and Building of SSB Gear by Doug DeMaw, W1FB for QST September - December 1985.
- A Three-Channel Emergency CW Transceiver by Doug DeMaw, W1FB for QST October - November 1988. In figure 7, Q11 is incorrectly labeled and should be a 2N5486. Also see Feedback in the May 1989 QST for further corrections to the original 2-part article.
- The Micromountaineer Revisited by Wes Hayward, W7ZOI and Terry White, K7TAU for QST, July 2000.
- An Ultra Simple W1AW Receiver by Charles Kitchin, N1TEV and Mike Murphy, WB2UID for QST May 1997.
