(see also QRP and Portable) Note: There are many simple construction ideas or projects found in the ARRL Handbooks, the QRP Notebook, Solid State Design. The various tutorial series in QST (ie First Steps in Radio) also contain many construction ideas and schematics. 1978 February QST p. 15 A Universal Crystal Oscillator April QST p. 11 A 20-Meter High-Performance Direct- Conversion Receiver QST p. 17 Collecting the Ham's Tools of the Trade October QST p. 15 Build This "Sardine Sender" December QST p. 11 A 20-Meter VXO-Controlled, 6 Watt Transmitter 1979 January QST p. 16 The YY Special Beginner's Receiver March QST p. 21 A Simple 10- and 15-Meter Converter August QST p. 11 Build a Simple "Super" for SSB September QST p. 30 Quick and Easy Circuit Boards for the Beginner October QST p. 56 The First One's Always the Hardest November QST p. 22 A Simple Utility Power Supply December QST p. 11 Transmitter Fundamentals QST p. 22 Build a VMOS Audio Amplifier 1980 January QST p. 19 A Beginner's 3-Band VFO March QST p. 21 The Nitty-Gritty of Simple Receivers April QST p. 22 20, 40 and 80 Meters with the "Basic Radio Receiver" October QST p. 32 Designing and Bending Metal Enclosures QST p. 34 Rewinding Transformers 1981 March QST p. 34 A Variable Frequency Crystal Oscillator 4 pages July QST p. 29 The Burgular Alarm That Resets Automatically September QST p. 11 Experimenting for the Beginner 1982 June QST p. 29 Build a Bare-Bones "Superhet" 5 pages 1983 June QST p. 33 Wire Antennas for the Beginner 6 pages September QST p. 31 A Traveler's Receiver for 20 Meters 2 pages October QST p. 30 The Noise Maker - An Aid to Learning 2 pages the Morse Code November QST p. 31 A VXO CW Rig for 30 Meters 4 pages 1984 March QST p. 37 An ANtenna System for the New Novice 2 pages May QST p. 35 A Battery Powered 30-Meter VFO 3 pages 1985 January QST p. 19 A Simple 10-Meter FM Reciever 8 pages QST p. 22 Simple QRP Gear Versus Good Performance 5 pages April QST p. 42 A Converter for the 24-MHz WARC Band 3 pages August QST p. 34 A Semi-kit Receiver for 80/75 Meters 4 pages October QST p. 14 Better Ears for the MAVTI-40 Transcvr. 8 pages 1986 February QST p. 23 Four Watts, QSK, fro 24.9 MHz 4 pages May QST p. 21 Learning to Work with Preamps 3 pages September QST p. 34 The SimpleCeiver (HF superhet) 6 pages December QST p. 19 Three Fine Mice - MOuSeFET CW 6 pages Transmitters QST p. 28 The Flasher (blinky-lights) 2 pages 1987 June QST p. 15 The W2CXM 2-Meter Cube Receiver and 7 pages Scanner November QST p. 18 Build This QRP Omni Box 5 pages QST p. 23 A Real Turn-On (station pwr control) 5 pages December QST p. 15 How to Build and Use a VHF Wattmeter 5 pages QST p. 32 A Laboratory-Style RX Noise Bridge 4 pages 1988 January QST p. 16 A New Breed of Receiver (phase method) 8 pages QST p. 31 Accessories for your VFO 3 pages February QST p. 14 The Neophyte Receiver 5 pages QST p. 23 Power Supplies, Quick and Easy 3 pages QST p. 30 Some QRP Transmitter Design Tips 3 pages March QST p. 21 The Cordless Phone Link (remote stn) QST p. 30 The Tox Box - station control center July QST p. 15 A Talking Wattmeter July QST p. 15 A Talking Wattmeter July QST p. 28 A Simple Tuning Indicator August QST p. 15 Preamplifer for 80- and 160-Meter August QST p. 25 A Versatile Timer/Controller August QST p. 30 Build it Yourself with Plastic September QST p. 24 A Dipper Amplifier for Impedance Bridges September QST p. 26 A Simple Resonant ATU October QST p. 26 A 3-Channel CW Emergency Transceiver - Part I November QST p. 17 A 3-Channel CW Emergency Transceiver - Part I 1989 January QST p. 20 A Speaker Amplifier for Hand-held Transceivers January QST p. 31 A VFO with Bandset and Bandspread February QST p. 21 A Low-Cost Frequency Counter February QST p. 33 Transistor Radio a Ham Receivers March QST p. 18 A Simple 80-Meter Converter April QST p. 30 Power-FET Switches as RF Amplifiers May QST p. 22 A Practical Time-Domain Reflectometer May QST p. 25 A 4-Stage 75-Meter SSB Superhet May QST p. 29 The C-Sub May QST p. 31 Simple Low-Noise Preamplifers June QST p. 35 Multi-Purpose Instrumentation Amplifier July QST p. 19 Build a Low-Cost Booster Microphone August QST p. 27 Improving and Using RX Noise Bridges September QST p. 18 The Switcher - station control September QST p. 22 A 1.25 to 25-V 2.5A Regulated Power Supply September QST p. 29 A Simple Secondary Frequency Standard October QST p. 19 A Computer-Controlled Digitized Speech System for SSB Contesting October QST p. 25 The QRP 3-Bander (transmitter) November QST p. 29 Some Power-Supply Design Hints December QST p. 18 A QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz 1990 January QST p. 21 A Tester for Crystal F, Q and R January QST p. 28 A QRP SSB/CW Transceiver for 14 MHz. January QST p. 32 The Elevator: A simple 220-MHz Transverter February QST p. 19 A Simple and Accurate QRP Directional Wattmeter February QST p. 24 Cheap and Easy Control-Signal Level Converters (electronic switching) February QST p. 28 A Balanced Balanced Antenna Tuner March QST p. 31 Using-the MC2831A FM Transmitter Subsystem IC April QST p. 25 Hands-Off Mobile Operation May QST p. 22 An Audio Equalizer for Communications Use December QST p. 48 A Surface-Mount Technology Primer--Part 1 1991 January QST p. 27 A Surface-Mount Technology Primer--Part 2 March QST p. 28 Making Soldering Safer April QST p. 35 Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions-- Part 1 May QST p. 34 Connectors for (Almost) All Occasions-- Part 2 June QST p. 27 Build a Universal VFO