Pixie QRP 40 Meter CW Transceiver kit

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Welcome to the group. Feel free to share your experiences, building, and operating this tiny radio.

Also, share any projects ideas that you might want to see such as adding a band pass filter and making the final tuning network sharper.

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Ham Radio, jimhale7775

4/19/22

Has anyone build a band pass filter for use with this kit?

Thanks for the info. I'd like to cut out the AM broadcast interference without winding toroids.

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Has anyone build a band pass filter for use with this kit?

Thanks for the info. I'd like to cut out the AM broadcast interference without winding toroids.

4/19/22

Ham Radio2

4/18/22

Additional Pixie information blog.

FYI The above link no longer works. On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 8:36:02 AM UTC-4 bernard...@rogers.

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Additional Pixie information blog.

FYI The above link no longer works. On Friday, March 18, 2016 at 8:36:02 AM UTC-4 bernard...@rogers.

4/18/22

Ham Radio, Acjaen Jaen3

1/4/18

Pixie power supply works best on battery power

I have about 7 Pixies. Five are the original basic unit and 2 are the S Pixie which has a piezo and a

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Pixie power supply works best on battery power

I have about 7 Pixies. Five are the original basic unit and 2 are the S Pixie which has a piezo and a

1/4/18

Ham Radio

12/13/17

Group postings have been rather light of late

QRP these days has been rather challenging. With the solar cycle nearing the bottom, propagation

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Group postings have been rather light of late

QRP these days has been rather challenging. With the solar cycle nearing the bottom, propagation

12/13/17

Ham Radio

8/29/17

Good website for the Pixie QRP 40 Meter CW Transceiver kit

Check out http://kc9on.com/ There is a lot good information on kc9on's site including plans for

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Good website for the Pixie QRP 40 Meter CW Transceiver kit

Check out http://kc9on.com/ There is a lot good information on kc9on's site including plans for

8/29/17

Ham Radio, ve3...@gmail.com3

6/8/17

BCI removal using 1 uH choke

Did you try a 1 uH choke across the antenna output? Works here in Ottawa reducing BCI from two

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BCI removal using 1 uH choke

Did you try a 1 uH choke across the antenna output? Works here in Ottawa reducing BCI from two

6/8/17

Ham Radio

6/8/17

Pixie modificatons for 80 Meter CW

Getting the Pixie to work on 80 meters turned out to be a bit of a struggle getting the oscillator to

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Pixie modificatons for 80 Meter CW

Getting the Pixie to work on 80 meters turned out to be a bit of a struggle getting the oscillator to

6/8/17

Ham Radio

3/29/16

First 40M QRP Pixie contact!

7.023 MHz is not the ideal QRP frequency in Noth America. I did work my first QRP "DX"

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First 40M QRP Pixie contact!

7.023 MHz is not the ideal QRP frequency in Noth America. I did work my first QRP "DX"

3/29/16

Ham Radio

3/19/16

Announcement

Step-by-step instructions for assembling the Pixie

If you are about to assemble a Pixie kit, the following video is very informative. https://m.youtube.

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Announcement

Step-by-step instructions for assembling the Pixie

If you are about to assemble a Pixie kit, the following video is very informative. https://m.youtube.

3/19/16

Ham Radio

3/18/16

Video on how the build the Pixie

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNu0kqH5Jnw

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Video on how the build the Pixie

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=oNu0kqH5Jnw

3/18/16