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| Reviews Summary for Small Wonder Labs Rock-Mite Transceiver |
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Reviews: 2
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Average rating: 4.5/5
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MSRP: $27.00
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Description: The Rock-Mite design grew out of a desire to offer a one-evening CW transceiver kit which would be both affordable and easy to construct.
The Rock-Mite is a crystal-controlled direct-conversion transceiver operating on 7040 KHz, 14060 KHz, 3579 or 3686 Khz. (note: there are different transceivers for the different bands) It has an 8-pin PIC microcontroller on-board which controls a T-R offset on key-down. A brief tap of a pushbutton control switch reverses the offset to yield a second operating frequency. Pushing and holding on the pushbutton activates the speed adjustment routine for the built-in Iambic keyer. If you'd rather use an external keyer or straight key, there's a drop-through mode which allows use of an external keying source.
The Rock-Mite is small enough to fit into an Altoids tin.
Just do a web search for Rockmite and see how popular this mighty transceiver has become.
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More info: http://www.smallwonderlabs.com/
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PU3IKE
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Rating: 4/5
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Jul 1, 2008 11:30
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Local broadcast problems
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Time owned: 3 to 6 months
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I have built 2 of this radios, one to me and other to a friend. I get the same "Local-broadcast-AM" problem on the 2 units, with an 1uH inductor on the antena to groud the broadcast problem was gone.
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KD4KLD
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Rating: 5/5
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Apr 5, 2007 16:42
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Best buy in the qrp market!
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Time owned: more than 12 months
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Excellent introduction to kit building! I've built 2 (30m) (40m) and have had success with both! Even an intro. smt 8-point connection required! (not as bad as I thought) As an added value, spring for the wiring/volume/shift package at 12$ and you will have a real operable radio! Probably an intermediate level due to the size & finesse required... Dave offers a comprehensive step-by-step guide within the manual & even covers areas for modification.... Yahoo/Google will reveal numerous mods available.(vxo, power to 1+ watt, etc...)
Stock includes an iambic a/b mode keyer and freq. shift for cw receive & 500mw out!
Operation requires the ability to learn to shift off zero beat in order to be copied. (the push of a button.) From N. Georgia, my furthest qso was Manitoba on 500mw! Great rig! Great Price!!
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