Once again, our correspondent Bob Crane W8SX has gone to the Four Days in May event and has sent back some really great inteviews with those who made presentations there.
First on the list was Hans Summers G0UPL. Hans is a justifiably famous Homebrew Hero, and a member of the QRP Hall of Fame. The latest of his many contributions to the hobby is his amazing QCX transceiver. Like the BITX rigs, the QCX refutes the idea that hams need to spend kilobucks to get on the air with a decent rig. Priced at around $50, the QCX offers excellent performance. And it comes with built in test gear: the signal generator you need to align the rig COMES IN THE RIG! FB Hans.
I think it was Pete who noted that the price range for rigs like the QCX, the BITX, and the uBITX is in the $50 to $110 dollar range, meaning that "One hundred bucks is the new three thousand bucks." We owe a lot gratitude to Hans and Farhan for this very positive paradigm shift.
Listen here for Bob Crane's 2018 FDIM interview with Hans:
http://soldersmoke.com/G0UPL-18.mp3
We all also owe a debt of gratitude to the QRP ARCI folks who did all the hard work that goes into organizing Four Days in May. Special thanks to QRP ARCI Preston Douglas WJ2V, and to FDIM Chair Norm Schklar WA4ZXV. FDIM is one of the most important events on the Homebrew/QRP calendar.
More info on the QCX (and order yours) here: https://qrp-labs.com/qcx.html
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