In particular I'm looking for suggestions on finding a stand-alone transmitters... not a transceiver.
Which forum would you suggest for asking for suggestions on that?
Thanks,
Will, K4BDA
That depends on the bans you want to use.
You can home brew or purchase kits.
Generally your not going to find a newer prebuilt transmitter very often but you may find used transmitters.
There are sites such as qrpme.com, qrpguys, qrplabs, and a few others where you can purchase easy to build kits but they will usually be 5 watts or less.
There is also qth.com ( ham classifieds)