01 Feb 2024 – Annual Construction Contest

Members present on the evening are the judges.
Judging in progress

A good turnout attended the annual contest. In total there were eight entries but there can be only three winners. This year the kit category was won by Victor, G3JNB with his “Rooster”, a very small 40m CW transceiver providing two watts out with break in CW action.

Victor’s “Rooster”

This year’s Weekend project winner was Paul, G8IUG who built  a Linear Amplifier Kit.

Linear amp built from a kit

The Major Project was easily won by Graham, G4JBD with a “User friendly Scanning Controller for the IC7300”. The unit was designed, coded and built by Graham and it was shown working very well.

Project in foreground and rig at the back

Cups and plaques for the winners will be presented at this year’s AGM.