OzarkCon QRP Conference
2012
Kit Building Workshop

Friday Evening, April 13, 2012
    
The Midwest Homebrewers QRP Club coordinates and supervises the OzarkCon Friday Night Build Session.  Never built a kit or have questions about building ham projects?  Here's your opportunity to learn from the experts.

This year's Buildathon kit is an active audio filter. It would make a useful accessory for direct conversion or other minimalist rigs. Designed by David Cripe NMØS, it features a 200 cycle bandwidth with no ringing! It can be used as a stand-alone unit with an onboard audio amp for driving a speaker or headphone. Or it can be built in to a receiver without using the audio amp.

The cost for the Buildathon this year is only $10 and participation is limited to 40 builders, so sign up now and get in on the fun before the sessions are sold out.



The instructors for the evening workshop will be Dar Piatt W9HZC and Darrel Swenson KØAWB. Dar and Darrel will guide you through the building process, starting with the "bag of parts" to the finished project. First time builders welcome!

A large room is reserved so that seating will not be a problem.  The sessions are limited to 20 persons so that the instructors can provide plenty of 1 on 1 help.   The instructors may however specify one big group rather than 2 smaller ones, depending on the project and the number of attendees.  Please check with them at the conference before the banquet.

The at-the-door session cost will be $15 (payable at the workshop session).
Pre-register now and save $5.
We are prepared for a large group this year, and we hope to see you in the Build Session.
For the workshop, you will need to bring your own hand tools for the session:
  • Soldering iron with a stand. A small tip on the iron is suggested. This could be a simple 25 watt iron with a bent coat hanger stand.
  • Damp sponge to clean the soldering iron tip
  • Rosin core solder - Kester "44" or similar. Note that we will have some spare solder available.
  • Small wire cutters
  • Needle nose pliers
  • Magnifier and/or light
  • Cookie sheet with upturned lip to catch stray parts, to reduce static discharge damage tocomponents and to protect the table surface