I have been fascinated by morse code since I first came into contact with the airwaves. After I bought my first morse key I needed something to produce the beep when pressing down the key. That is when I built my own morse beeper with the help of some family members who are more proficiant in electronics. The build The beeper is quite simple (it was my first real soldering project so it wasn't supposed to be too complicated).

Baofeng UV-82 My main hand held portable radio is the Baofeng UV-82. It is a simple and cheap radio. It has two channels (A and B) where you can listen to separate frequencies. One of the nicest features is that it also has two PTT-buttons, one for channel A and one for channel B. This allows you to easily switch between the two. Just by the press of a button.

CRT Electro UV The CRT Electro UV is my latest transceiver. It covers both the 2m and 70cm bands. I got it to work the local and national repeaters without having to fire up my main radio, and to use it from the car when traveling. It took me a while to figure out how the radio works, especially the menu-system. There seem to be two separate menus: the quick menu, and the detailed menu.

Xiegu X6100 X6100 My latest addition to the shack is the Xiegu X6100. It is a QRP transceiver for HF and 50 MHz. It can do up to 5W on battery power, and 10W when connected to an external power source. This radio is going to go with me on trips to the outdoors and of course on vacation. The compact form factor makes it tremendously suitable for this.

Yaesu FT-897 CAT interface The Yaesu FT-897 is my main radio. It is an all-mode, all-band transceiver, and can generate 100Watt on most bands. The bands it supports are 160-10m, 6m, 2m, 70cm, and it can do all modes (SSB, AM, FM, CW, Digi) on all those bands. I bought this radio second hand years ago. It still works fine. I use it most often when on HF, because the 100W output gets me heard much better than the 10W of my Xiegu.