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    KIT-BUILDING

    Jun 01, 2019 4 minutes
    BY JOE EISENBERG,* KØNEB

    The QRPMe Pocket Pal II

    This month, I am building a kit that helps you find good parts at a hamfest flea market, or in your junk box. With the hamfest season in full swing, I have found that even the simplest things discovered in a flea market need to be tested somehow. There are treasures like LEDs, receivers, transmitters, speakers, headsets, and panel meters available, but no easy way to test them. The QRPMe Pocket Pal II is an Altoids®-sized kit put out by Rex Harper, W1REX, and tests all the things I just mentioned.

    The Pocket Pal II combines a simple signal generator that works

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