Wilcox Engineering

While looking for a print publisher, I decided to publish my latest book on Amazon's Kindle. Here's the info ...

Amazon's author page is located here.

Every now and then the issue of solder has been discussed (in great detail) on the Elecraft Reflector; there are also recommendations on the Elecraft site as well. Here's where I came out on the whole thing:

During the last few months, I've been doing more work building and servicing the radios from Small Wonder Labs.

The one that I've seen the most is the popular 20-meter model, and I'll describe the build compared with the Elecraft kits. There's no mistaking that this is different: the parts are kitted up individually or packed by value and labeled clearly. That made inventory quick and easy. The build instructions are grouped by function in the radio (like mixer, audio amplifier, etc), and that makes it easy to see how the pieces fit together. And speaking of easy, Mychael Morohovich (the Toroid Guy) winds the SWL toroids, which takes care of a big hassle.

After months of procrastinating, I finally moved all the K2 photos from my ASP.NET site and put them on this new Joomla site. I posted their availability on the Elecraft Reflector so folks could take a look.

When you're considering buying a new radio like the kit Elecraft K2, a set of pictures can make the decision to build a lot easier. Or, if you don't have a lot of time, the photos can give you a sense of how long the project might stretch out; working part-time, it normally takes me a couple weeks.