Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

This was my Micro80 transceiver  built many years ago. From this the famous Pixie transceiver was developed. It is on my main website .

This must date back about 40 years! Looking through some old photos, I came across this one of my 80m Micro80 transceiver.  As I recall my f...

At one time you could buy Pixies kits for 40m CW very cheaply from China with free airfare. It may still be possible.  The Pixie transceiver...

The Pixie is a classic low cost CW transceiver usually for 80m or 40m. It started life as the Micro80. Kits are available from China at ridi...

There has always been challenge to get the most from the least. We will happily pay well over £1000 on a new rig, yet we often get more fun ...

These little QRP transceivers first made an appearance some 20 odd years ago. They are extremely simple transceivers that use the TX PA as t...

After some time without use, I resurrected the little Micro80 4 transistor transceiver for 80m last weekend. To increase the power a bit I...