hi im chris g0wfh im just putting my kit togther for once in slow time i have a second kit i wish to put on a differant band 40 or 160m i have not made up my...
I got my kit in the mail today. All I can say is that I was expecting to see it in the new year what with the festive season upon us and usually screwing up...
Current kit status: All ordered kits have been shipped, I have a small stock of kits should any one want one. "Correction" packs have been sent to all those...
I'm sorry to say that there has been a kitting error with the latest batch of MKARS80s, it appears that the component supplier has mixed BC327 and BC547B...
Hi Steve things are at last progressing nicely with my Build I am at the stage of its first power up (look out for the smoke signals!) what Knobs as everyone...
I have heard from many people who have successfully completed and are now using the MKARS80 but I'm sure there are a few out there who have run in to some...
I have had many enquiries with regard kit availability... I had expected to have kits available by now but unfortunately there aren't any LCD displays in the...
Hi all. Finished building yesterday and did final tune-up. Few minutes later had my first contact. In the next 3 hours I had 10 more. My QTH is in Sydney (VK2)...
Hi Alan!, glad you got your rig up and running,I had one problem with one of the mixer transformers, due to the fact that I didnt read the manual properly hi...
Hi, Tonight I fitted the IRF510 and tested the TX strip. It works beautifully. My radio is still essentially an untidy pile of spaghetti on the bench but it...
Hi Folks, I've just finished building my MKARS80 transceiver. I built it in three sessions making only one part placement mistake along the way (my fault...
I recently compared the receiver sound quality of the yaesu ft-707 and the mkars 80. The mkars blew the yaesu away!!.It was also more sensitive its a great...
I have just fitted the slow motion drive to the main tune control on the MKARS80 originally suggested by Frank M0JSZ. It works very well see picture in photo...
Hi everyone!, just finished my MKARS 80 this evening. It worked first time.Have only tried it on receive but I am very impressed. Its very quiet and the vfo...
Hi all Just to let you know I did tests on my mkars80 today and am pleased to say it is all working and I even picked up an Irish station...I haven't...
Steve, after looking at the circuit , I see that the only frequency dependent components (apart from the VFO of course) are the low-pass filter and the...
Prospective builders I now have the components for the next batch of kits but have had to order substitutes for the 8pF (now 10pF) capacitors and 8.2uH (now ...
Hello, Just to introduce myself, my name is John call sign M0TIF. I have already built the MKARS80 and to date had 107 nice QSO's on it best DX so far is CT1...
All group members local and distant..... I would like to welcome all to this group which has been set up to assist those having problems with construction,...
