PFR-3 QRP is ready to order

Hendricks QRP kits has introduced the PFR-3. This three-band portable rig is 5W output for CW operations. You can operate 40, 30 and 20 meters bands. The internal iambic keyer and the balanced line tuner for unbalanced antenna is included.
I've just orderd it for my next portable rig.
It costs $200 for PFR-3 and $40 for the PFR3 paddle. The international shipping and handling cost will be automatically added when you ordered through the paypal.

PFR-3 QRP rig on May 15?

Hendricks radio plans to release the kit called PFR-3. This three band (20, 30 and 40 meters) has 5 watts power at 12V and the portable capability. It is designed by Steve Weber KD1JV. The order will be started around May 15 that is described in the page.

QRP linear amp by KEM

KEM has released the linear amp kit for HF 10W. It calls KEM-LINER-HF. The coverage of the amp is between 3.5-21 MHz but the parts of LPF is only for 7MHz.

The maximum output is 10W and it is enough for QRPers. DC 12V power is needed to run the linear amp and input power is less than 1W. It costs 5500(JPY).

DDS VFO has been released by KEM

KEM (Kida Engineering Manufacture) has released the DDS VFO kit called KEM-DDS-VFO. It will ship from September 4, but they can accept the order of the kit. It costs 5500 Yen/$47.83 ($1=115Yen). The kit main features are DDS-VFO(frequency set by the botton, offset display, multiply display, sweep osciallation, break-in function, RIT, 30 channel memories, port to rotary encoder) and keyer (auto-keyer, straight key operation, side-tone for keyer and port for break-in).
This kit can be connected to KEM-TX7 and KEM-RX7 for the complete 40m QRP transceiver.
It uses AD9834 IC for the main DDS fucntion, therefore you may check the IC data sheet.

Test is completed: KEM DDS VFO

KEM (Kida Engineering Manufacture) has completed the test of DDS VFO. The picture shows the test board with the 40M frequency. They plan to release it around Sep. 4 because they need to prepare the kit manual.

I'd like to get it for my KEM-TX/RX.