An easy-to-build and affordable CW rig that puts out about 500 milliwatts on15 meters, this simple modification of W7ZOI's classic two-stage "Universal QRP Transmitter" (also known as the "Little Joe" ) features a VXO circuit that "warps" each crystal frequency by as much as 10kHz or more for increased flexibility. This transmitter's oscillator runs throughout the transmit period; voltage is keyed to the amplifier section while the oscillator is on. After construction,tuneup is a snap: connect a 12-15 VDC power source and 50-ohm dummy load or RF wattmeter and tune a monitoring receiver to the anticipated transmit frequency. Flip on the oscillator switch and adjust C3 until a tone is heard on the receiver. Play with C1and notice the shifting of frequency (the crystal frequency DECREASES asC1's capacitance INCREASES). Depress the key and adjust C3 for maximum output. Tuneup adjustment is now complete. Hook up an appropriate antenna (a 40-meter dipole works great on 15 meters without use of a transmatch or antenna tuner)and there you go - bring on the sunspots!
Unless otherwise noted, decimal capacitance values are in microfarads(uF);
whole-number values are in picofarads (pF or uuF).
s.m.=silver mica.
* = see below.
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