https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/346ca702-238e-43cf-94ca-7891ef61c992 What happens when you slice off the unwanted sideband but keep the output power the same? You get better signal reports and longer distance contacts. Under test today is a 7 MHz QRP SSB transceiver. It was actually built several years ago but I wasn't really happy with its performance until recent mods. It's previously worked DX from home when teamed up with an amplifier, but today's beach outing was the first time it was used portable. The contacts recorded here were made over a two hour span between roughly 6 and 8pm (local time). The antenna used was a 1/2 wavelength end-fed with a short counterpoise. Most contacts were locals, who gave good reports. However the day was really made great by working ZL, a couple of thousand kilometres away. The rig itself is very similar to VK3XU's TCF series of transceivers. These are described in the book 'Radio Projects for the Amateur' (Vol 1) and Amateur Radio magazine for May 1995 (TCF 40). PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv , or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 06:13:35 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/346ca702-238e-43cf-94ca-7891ef61c992 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.