AF4K's HOMEBREW: Projects, Parts & Kits - everything you need to build or repair your own amateur and electronics gear!

Over 280 Great Ham Radio Homebrewing Articles & Links and STILL Growing

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• Audio Amp guy's article about old Australian STC tube applications etc. (Old valve application notes!)

• Here is a good explanation of star grounding

• An article on using and repairing PC Power Supplies

• Another article on using and repairing PC Power Supplies

• Variable Capacitors For Sale at Surplus Sales

• The Elecraft $630.00 HF Transceiver 160-10m SSB & CW Kit

• W.J. Ford Co. Surplus Electronics (Canada)

• Chimera Laboratories: Vintage audio equipment, parts, tubes and transformers

• Amateur Radio Kits from TENTEC in Tennessee

• Amateur Radio Kits from Debco

• Plans to Build a 100 kW rig for 75 meters!

• EI9GQ home brew radio page - includes new article on how to make PC Boards!

• Larry Riley, N8MIS's Field Strength Meter Kit, finger stock supplied etc.

• AKD Filters (U.K.)

• OPT Audio Transformers (Makers of old UTC designs etc.)

• The UTC Connection - How OPT got into making the old UTC transformer designs

• Amazing Products: Various electronic kits - mostly not amateur radio

• Black Feather Electronics - kits, parts etc.

• Coaxial Cable Characteristics On-line: A very handy chart for the homebrewer

• C.M.Howes Communications, Receivers, QRP Transmitter kits etc., from England

• Buyers Guide to ELectronic Parts, tools, equipment etc. More stuff than you can IMAGINE!

• 6m Square Loop Plans on-line by WD8RIF

• Longwire antenna plans

• Learn how to 'VERT a regular AM Broadcast Radio to receive 160 Meters! ('vert" is Australian for CONVERT, hi hi!) Make yerself a BASH RADIO, Blue - good on yer cobber! 'In A-Strylia, we shiyve with rise up liydes!'

• RCS Radio in Australia - lot of PC Boards for sale etc.

• G0TLA's Wonderful Page of Amateur Radio Projects (some with tubes!)

• G3YCC's Homebrewing Tips On-line

• Ken's Hartley Oscillator 813 transmitter plans, regenerative receivers etc. with schematics on-line

• Build a 6m AM Transceiver! 1999-style project! Get the file named 6M_AM.PDF - It is about 600KB

• JAM THE WHOLE COUNTY... with this Carbon Arc Oscillator design - like a spark gap transmitter. Attach antenna and BINGO! Out go all the BC radios!

• NOS and used 6, 12 and 24 volt vibrators (Dexter Francis)

• Homebrew a 4CX250 amplifier

• JR3XUH, Yasuhiro Yoshida: Homebrew site

• The Crystal Set Society of Missouri

• Crystal radio project. Build it for free if you play your cards right.

• Goldmine ELectronics - parts & supplies

• Micromark A neat Small Tools supplier

• Gray's Semiconductor Page: Links to all the major manufacturers

• The Used Equipment Dealers Directory - 400 USED TEST EQUIPMENT AND USED SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT DEALERS

• SCI.ELECTRONICS FAQ site - all kinds of help for building and repairing electronic equipment etc.

• My FBOM Article about Hidden Antennas

• Jan Philip Wusten's excellent pages listing sources for older style electronic parts (Germany)

• Sphere Electronics in Canada: Vacuum Tubes page

• VT Components, Supplier of tubes, transformers, resistors & capacitors etc.

• Fistell's Electronics Supply Co. in Denver, CO

• Allen Bond, WB4GNT: fiberglass for hams...quads, quad spreaders, masts, vacuum tubes, capacitors etc. etc.

• A homebrewed 5 tube superhet receiver using sub-miniature tubes!! (WOW)

• Mods & homebrewing tips for tube rigs, from the GLOWBUGS archives at N6EV

• Vintage Electronics: Antique radios, television, parts, tubes etc.

• Mike Masterson, WN2A's Homebrew Heaven

• KC4PE's SSB hi-fi Audio Page

• Master Homebrewer, JF1OZL has lots of projects on the web!

• Wenzel Associates on-line Technical Library for Amateur Radio

• VE4AQ's manuals exchange page

• Consolidate Surplus: Suppliers of manuals for test equipment

• Gateway Electronics Co. parts and supplies

• Portable Gas & Diesel Generators - pictures & pricing (Colemans)

• NEW! Technical tips & training - great web articles for homebrewing with tubes and general shop practices, hints & kinks etc. from Nostalgia Air

• New: EA-QRP CLUB with homebrew projects on-line

• RCA RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK, 4TH ED on CD-ROM

• If you need a fine VFO stabilizer try the design from PA0KSB. Download the schematic and build this fine stabiliser from KTH-KIT Design

• New PC VFO board DC to 54 MHz DDS

• PC Boards Co. (Might not be for hobbyists - I don't know)

• CRB BOOKS! Everything for the Communications Enthusiast!!

• Radio Era Archives: A source for the RCA RADIOTRON DESIGNERS HANDBOOK, 4TH ED on CD-ROM

• Radio Era Archives: Manuals, schematics etc.

• FTP files of circuit diagrams, manuals, schematics etc. Go to the DOWNLOAD directory

• KC6WDK's Page of Homebrew Projects on-line

• Gerald Cluff, W7CKW - parts & supplies

• Harry's Homebrew Projects On-line, by SM0VPO: More projects than you can imagine!

• Harry's Homebrew Projects On-line, by SM0VPO (mirror site)

• Harry's Homebrew Projects On-line, by SM0VPO (mirror site)

• DANA'S Index of Electronic Manufacturers

• DANA'S Index of Electronic Mfrs (mirror site)

• K9GDT's homebrew stuff

• Radio Construction Projects from GQRP

• A HUGE list of links to on-line radio construction projects - GREAT list - everything you could want for the homebrewer!

• How to build a simple AD9850 DDS system, by Leon Heller, G1HSM

• Power from PC: How to get power for your electronics circuit

• Don Simon, W5JPD - company web page with complete ECG Cross-reference on-line!!

• The DSP Interchange for Weaksignal Communication and SETI

• G3YCC's QRP Homebrewing Page

• G3YCC's List of U.K. Suppliers of Kits and components

• List of QRP Periodicals

• Buckeye Electronics - Small Parts at Good Prices

• NS8O's 160m Rig and Component Links

• LIQRP - Long Island QRP Club, parts & kits source

• Thomas C. Sefranek, WA1RHP - Many Electronic Parts For Sale

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  Some Crystal Suppliers

  
  
• Han Kyung Telecom Co., Korea

• Ken's Electronics - Crystals in stock for Ham, CB and Scanners

• Thomas C. Sefranek, WA1RHP - Many Crystals for sale. See list on-line

• G&G Communications, complete list of crystals for sale

• Sentry Manufacturing Co. - Crystals

• International Crystal Manufacturing

• Sentry Crystal Co. info page

• Fox Crystals CO. Ft. Myers,FL

• VITE Crystals Co. - crystals & clock oscillators - free catalog

• West Crystal Co., BC., Canada - has specs for most ham rigs

• Hooray Crystal Co. USA

• The Crystal Trading Page - Buy and Sell Ads On-line (free!)

• Wenzel Co. Crystal Oscillators & RF modules

• Just In Time Crystals For Sale list

• Pageco Crystals by Tony Tarley (mostly for pagers I guess!)

• KANGA UK / G0BPS: QRP kits, crystals & supplies

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• Penn State Component Database
  Projects etc.

• Milestone Technologies - Some Neat Stuff

• COILCRAFT - Inductors & transformers

• V & F Transformer Co.

• PREM Magnetics - Power Transformers from Illinois

• Frontier Electronics USA - Inductors, RF coils, transformers etc.

• Central Technologies Co. - inductors - free catalog

• TeCal Corporation - Components, such as inductors & capacitors - free catalog

• C & K Switches

• Chip Directory

• EL-COM Hardware Co. - suppliers of hardware and fasteners

• Accurate Screw Co - hardware for electronics

• Globe Electronics Corp. HARDWARE for electronics

• List of LOCAL SOURCES of ELECTRONIC PARTS for any area! (EEM)

• WD5GNR's List of Parts Sources

• Dr. Jackle's large list of IC Chips for sale. E-mail him at: drjackle@webspan.net

• Hints & Kinks

• New Jersey QRP Club

• CQC - Colorado QRP Club, parts and kits

• AKQRP - Alaska QRP Club, parts and kits

• WB1GFH, JT's Ameco Kit-building Story from the Old Days of Radio

• The QRP-L FTP site at FTP.LEHIGH.EDU

• The AB4EL Home Page on ThePorch(tm)

• W8EDU's Project Page

• SESCOM Co. - supplier of cabinets and audio transformers

• Kilovac Vacuum Relays!

• Allied Electronics - many parts, connectors etc.

• How to make homebrew front panels - by AADE Homebrew Heaven

• John Okolowicz: Grille Cloth Supplier

• This place sells reproduction speaker grille cloth

• Antique Phonograph Supply Co. - record player parts

• Audiolab of Georgia - many parts and free NTE Cross-reference software

• Web site with links to over 975 electronic component manufacturers

• Barker and Williamson Co. - yeah, just TRY ordering a B&W 5100 transmitter NOW!!

• Walter Dunckel's Radio Parts

• OHMITE Co. send for free catalogs on-line!

• Shuricht Electronic-Components Catalogue from Germany

• AB4BE, Duane's files & schematics (circuit diagrams)

• Radio Era Archives by Terry, WB5OAS: Manuals & schematics for antique radios, ham gear, test equipment etc.

• AM transmitter schematics (circuit diagrams) for the 550-1700 kHz MW band!
  

• Antique Electronic Supply: Parts, books, kits etc.

• Spectrum Analyzer Project - set of 5 boards for $42 USD

• FAR Circuits
  

• 'Almost All Digital Electronics' L/C Meter and Digital Frequency Display
  

• Neil, WK9Q of Radio Recyclers has a ton of parts FS
  

• SMC Electronics: Computer Parts For Sale - also surplus and refurbished electronic equipment including repair/replacement/experimenter parts and accessories
  

• The Hackers Home Page They have 300+ plans, kits, and assembled products for the serious hacker, phreak, cracker, spy, and electronics enthusiast

• W8EDU - Projects
  

• Vincent Stemen - Surplus Electronic Components etc.
  

• K0JD - Projects
  

• Taboret Home Page - Home Brewing Ham Radio
  

• NW Amateur Radio Society - see the TECH TOPICS section for some great homebrew tips
  

• Just In Time IC-s in Fremont, CA
  

• Crystal Set Society - ideas and resources!

• Another web address for the Crystal Set Society (The one at: P.O. Box 3026, St. Louis, MO 63130

• HF 300-500 watt MOSFET amplifier kit for about $50) See May & June 1997 QST

• This is a great On-line tutorial for HF AMPLIFIER construction by Rich, AG6K

• Alltronics - some parts & surplus

• All Electronics. parts etc.

• American Science & Surplus - some parts etc.

• Johan, SM6LKM - Complete building instructions for an 80 meter, 1 watt P.E.P. DSB transceiver

• 7N3WVM's Home Page for Homebrewers
  

• Steve, K1EL's keyer based on a PIC microcomputer IC
  

• sci.electronics FAQ - listing parts and repair places
  

• TechAmerica, beautiful catalog w/pics and NO MINIMUM ORDER!
  

• George Sieverson, K9GDT's Radio Homebrew Page
  

• New RF Parts for sale by Bruce, WB9ANQ
  

• Valentin Gvozdez (RU3AEP)'s home page for homebrew & QRP

• Harbach Co. SB-200 & SB-220 parts etc.

• S & S Engineering: digital synthesizer VFO, QRP kits etc.

• Amidon Associates - Toroid Supplier

• Toroid Corporation of Maryland - free catalog

• Ferronics: Supplier of Toroids

• Zonkas Electronics Co. in Taiwan, R.O.C Electronic parts - LOTS Of good DATA on capacitors etc.

• International Radio (Filters etc.)

• Digital frequency counter kit

• NTE Semiconductor Cross-reference online

• SK-series Corss-reference online

• Ramsey Electronics kits etc.

• Paul Drunen's Surplus Stuff Electronic parts etc.

• LOTS of Projects, and schematics on-line!

• CB TO SIX Metres CONVERSION: cb2six.zip

• FAR CIRCUITS, PC Boards for ham projects

• Greenlee Textron - punches etc.

• Electro Sonic Supply - tools etc.

• FTP: VISIO ART from Jeff Duntemann, tube symbols etc.

• EASYTRAX Software Circuit Design (freeware!)

• Tadiran Battery Co. Lithium batteries etc.

• Thordarson-Meissner Inc. - Transformers and inductors etc. made to order. They can supply a replica of anything they ever made!

• SCI PLUS: 22.5 Volt batteries etc.

• Dominic Scira's Tubes etc. for sale

• Dan's Small Parts

• Sowter Transformers for Tube audio (UK)

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• KD9JQ's Grounded Grid amp design program (free)

• Chris Williams, Circuits and files

• Plans for the PIXIE 2 transmitter

• The Pixie 2 mini transceiver

• International Radio (Filters etc.)

• Mectronic Buyers Directory: Free Parts look-up

• Harry's QRP / homebrew circuits

• Tube audio schematics

• Speaker design web-site #1

• Speaker design web-site #2

• Speaker design web-site #4

• 6BM8 Transmitter project, by SM5GNN

• Dean, K5DH: Great GLOWBUG HB page

• Basic tube theory

• Links to good tube theory intro sites

• Tube audio amp components etc.

• Henry Pasternack's Vacuum Tube FAQ page

• The RF Connection, plug & socket supplier in MD!

• KB0YKI's Antenna Building Page

• WE6W - St. Louis Vertical Antenna project

• Great homebrew projects from SM5GNN

• ECL82 Transmitter Project

• Homebrew Heaven, kits too!

  Dan's Small Parts and Kits is now offering the new:
  

• Centennial 80 Meter SSB Kit.

• Alex's Electronic Test Bench

• NTE Co., seminconductor cross reference & info.

• Stephen Scarisbrick's Homebrew Page

• Plans for the Optimist-80m DSB 1 watt TX by SM6LKM

• Woody, WB4QXE's transverter schematics page

• N9SBV's Ham Radio Connection Software, New Ham Info. homebrewing etc.

• Free Download: WinDraft from Ivex, schematics: Add tube symbols etc. too

• one-electron's web site: transformers etc.

• The Li'l 7 AM xmtr - another site!

• sci.electronics FAQ - listing parts and repair places

• A.G. Tannenbaum Co., Ambler, PA - parts, Manuals etc.

• The Manual Archive (on-line) by Kenneth Grimm

• Regenerative Receiver projects

• EMTECH - NEW! QRP Transceiver Kits etc.

• EMTECH - Other web page (Bad URL?)

• K0JD's Homebrew Projects & Kit Reviews etc.

• Will, KN6DV - Amplifier homebrew discussion archive

• Audio amp schematics etc. near end of this page

• Old address for Dan's Small Parts

• Dan's Small Parts (for QRP) on-line catalog

• Jameco in Belmont, CA mostly solid state parts

• Dave Hockaday's parts for sale: tubes, xfmrs etc.

• Jim Potter's page

• TUNEKIT program for Windows. Design coils etc.

• COIL112.EXE Inductor calculation program for PC-DOS

• Tamura Interstage Audio transformers etc. Japan may be expensive.
  

• WinTone 1.51 - DTMF Decoder/Scanner Monitor software for Win95/NT
  

• FILE: HAMCALC (hcal-15.zip) from ARRL does everything for homebrewing!
  

• Surplus Sales of Nebraska: Parts & also got the old BA stock from Tucker Electronics

• Welbourne Labs - transformers and other parts: intended for audiophiles

• Magnaquest Transformers for Audio etc. intended for audiophiles

• Amplifier QSK/switching circuit Jan 1994 QST

• Steve, N0TU, homebrew QRPer

• Dez Woods' site in England - xtals etc.

• Display Electronics Co. in London, England - surplus parts etc.

• Radio World (UK)

• Antique radio restoration, Capacitor codes etc.

• MAC software for hams

• Dan's Small Parts: Catalog on-line

• Company that sells WEFAX Receiver Kit
  

• Resistor calculator
  

• Resistor colour codes-1
  

• Resistor Colour Codes-2
  

• Resistor Color Codes-3
  

• EZNEC and ELNEC antenna analysis software by Roy Lewallen, W7EL
  

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• Nuts & Volts Magazine many sources here too!
  

• NEWARK Electronics. Chassis punches & other great stuff
  

• National Semiconductor data sheets on-line
  

• ARRL technical information files
  

• ARRL list of MANUALS SUPPLIERS
  

• DTMF (Touchtone) Windows software and DTMF LINKS
  

• Radar Electronics, Inc. Seattle, WA

• W.J. Ford Electronic Surplus Dealers
  

• L-C meter & other kits Digital Electronics
  

• The N4ZRL Amateur Radio Page homebrew articles, kits etc.
  

• Recommended Tube Kits not sure what kind!
  

• Duane, AB4BE's on-line schematics
  

• VE6BPR's Amazing Homebrew QRP Page

• KD9JQ's homebrew & modifications
  

• Fox-Tango Newsletters - for Yaesu Modification etc.

• Teletronix LA2-A schematic possibly more
  

• Bry's homebrew files & schematics on-line by AF4K
  

• John Shannon, K3WWP, homebrewing

• Philips Co. pdf files (ADOBE) of semiconductor data sheets

• H.B. Electronics (parts) catalog on-line
  

• Small Wonder Labs QRP kits!
  

• KANGA UK / G0BPSQRP kits, crystals & supplies
  

• LDG Electronics - 68HC11 based KITS
  

• Pierre COnstantineau's Homebrew Radios Page - A great page with LOTS of projects!

• All Electronics Corp. electronic parts etc.
  

• 8 tube subminiature receiver uses 5907 tubes
  

• Homebrew Projects!! Great Web Site!
  

• HOMEBREW! Another source of information...

• VE2GMI: LINKS to Motorola & other mfrs. for specs
  

• CHIP PINOUTS
  

• MORE CHIP PINOUTS
  

• YES, MORE CHIP PINOUTS
  

• EVEN MORE CHIP PINOUTS
  

• A Bunch of Hints and Tips From QRPers

• Equipment for Beginners' to Home Construction

• Protect that rig!

• A Couple of Keys

• The Kenwood TS50 on QRP

• Two more sidetone circuits

• Build the TUNA TIN TWO QRP transmitter!

• The Tuna Tin 2 xmtr

• Tuna Tin 2 Articles from NJ QRP Club

• The CB Slider VFO for 40m. Use with the Tuna Tin Two! or other rigs

• The Herring Aid 5 Receiver Article

• The Herring Aid 5 Receiver Schematic Circuit Diagram

• Another Herring Aid 5 Circuit Diagram

• NorCal's Herring Aid 5 Receiver Article by VK1FB

• A Simple RIT circuit you can add

• A Useful RF 'Sniffer'

• The Voxner HF Tx

• Balanced modulator using NE602's

• GDO mod for the MFJ 259 Antenna Analyzer

• 'One Chip' 80m Receiver

• Mods for the HW9

• Mods for the Sierra

• Notes and Mods on the Wilderness SST kits

• Notes on the Index Labs QRP Plus

• Ten Tec 2m Rig Kit, review.

• A Mosfet PA

• Semiconductor equivalents - Go to 'product information' on the site

• PC keying interface

• The R551N receiver

• Using the Kenwood TS50s on QRP

• An Audio Filter for the GQ-20

• How to make your own PCBs

• How to make your own PCBs - more ideas!

• The Ten Minute TX and a Challenge!

• The Oner (a one inch square rig!)

• The Sudden Receiver

• A Three Band Relay Switched VFO

• The 30 Second Field Strength Meter!

• The OXO All Band Transmitter

• Controlled Charge System for Nicads

• A Solar Panel Monitor

• Bug list for the GQ Transceiver

• Review of the GQ Transceiver

• The Ramsey Transmitter and Linear Amplifier Kit

• Mods for the HW7 Transceiver

• Muting Circuit

• Protect your Mosfet Final!

• Marshall AA0XI's keyer kit page

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• Semiconductor equivalents - Go to 'product information' on the site
  

• SM0THU's Sierra

• PARTSUPP: A HUGE list of suppliers of PARTS
  

• MEGAKITS: A HUGE list of suppliers of KITS
  

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