Hendricks QRP Kits

Hendricks QRP Kits
Affordable QRP kits at exceptional value

Welcome to Hendricks QRP Kits

BitX20A/17A SSB Transceiver	PFR3 20M/30M/40M Transceiver	NADC 30M or 40M CW Transceiver	Ft Tuthill 15M CW Transceiver	Ft Tuthill 160M CW Transceiver

MMR-40 CW/SSB Transceiver	Weber Tri-bander Transceiver	Scout Regen	Red Hot 40m Transceiver	SLT+

BLT Plus	Battery Status Indicator	SWR Indicator W/Case	PCB Vise	RF Probe

Twofer Plus CW Transmitter	Magnet Wire	Polyvaircons	Toroid Kit	SMK-2 40m Transceiver

SOTA Tuner	41dB Step RF Attenuator	Code Practice Oscillator	Deluxe Tenna Dipper	DCxx Transceiver

Tracer/Injector	Dummy Load/Power Meter	SWR Indicator	Premium Case	Digital Dial

QRP Microphone	Buddy Keyer/Speaker Console

Hendricks QRP Kits is a company that specializes in high quality, low cost QRP Kits. I have over 15 years experience doing kits, having started with the NorCal 40 in 1993, and have kitted over 20,000 kits through my association with NorCal QRP Club and Hendricks QRP Kits. I will strive to provide complete customer satisfaction and will guarantee all kits to be 100% complete. If you are missing any part in your kit, please email me at and I will ship the missing parts to you via first class mail and at my expense.

Hendricks QRP Kits Warranty Policy

Hendricks QRP Kits strives to offer the best quality, affordable, kits available in today's market and make your kit project a complete success. We have confidence in the quality of our designs and in the performance of our components. In keeping with this tradition, we will replace any electronic component, for the life of the product, for any reason. If you lose, damage, burn out, or install a component in error, that requires a replacement, simply contact us, pay the postage or shipping, and we will replace it. This is in addition to our previous practice of replacing any component missing from our kits, shipped first class mail, free.

To our knowledge, no amateur radio company offers this comprehensive policy.

Hendricks QRP Kits has new phone hours. School has started again, and phone hours for Hendricks QRP Kits will be from 4 til 10 PM Pacific Time Monday through Friday, and 9AM til 5PM on weekends. Thanks to all for your cooperation.

Contact Information for Hendricks QRP Kits

I am excited to announce that I have a new email address to contact me about questions, orders and parts for Hendricks QRP Kits. Thanks to some hard work by Dean, email contact should be much more efficient. Ok, here is the deal:

If you have general questions about anything other than orders or parts, please use

If you have questions about an order use

If you have questions about parts, please use

Hendricks QRP Kits Phone Hours: 9:00AM to 5:00PM Monday through Friday, 9:00AM to 12:00 Noon Saturday, Pacific Time.

Here is the phone number: 209-704-3522.

I will make every attempt to get orders shipped within 2 weeks of receipt, but sometimes things get held up due to parts shortages, etc. Over seas orders should know that it can take 4 to 8 weeks for an order to arrive after shipment, due to customs and the international mail process. When you order for foreign delivery, please be aware of this delay.

Hendricks QRP Kits being presented with an appreciation award to the QRP community on behalf of the Russian QRP Amateur Radio Club, by past president, Oleg V. Borodin RV3GM, during his first trip to the United States, for Dayton 2009.

News

May 12, 2012 Due to far too many problems with customs and the Italian post office, Hendricks QRP Kits will no longer ship to Italy. If you live in Italy and wish to order from me, you must give me a US address to ship to. This is effective immediately. 72, Doug

April 6, 2012 Steve Weber has done it again. Hendricks QRP Kits is proud to announce Steve's latest kit the Weber Tribander. This is a great radio and it has a great price!! $200.00 for 3 bands of your choice, from 15, 17, 20, 30, 40, or 80 meters, and it comes with a punched and drilled case with a bail, digital readout, DDS VFO, RIT, Audio Derived AGC, built in keyer with memories, Rotary Encoder Tuning, 4 IF crystal filtering, 600Hz audio filter, small size 6"W x 4"D x 1.5"H, weighs 12 ounces, and draws 90mA on receive and 600/800mA on transmit at 5 Watts. All bands are 5W output.

April 5, 2012 Hendricks QRP Kits is pleased to announce the commericial version of the SMK-2 transceiver. The SMK-2 is a commercial version of the highly popular SMK-1 that sold over 2000 kits several years ago by the NorCal QRP Club. It was designed by Dave Fifield, AD6A who updated the board for the improvements to the SMK-2. The SMK-1 was developed to prove that hams could build a transceiver with surface mount parts after several claims were made that it could not be done. What happened was that many, many hams discovered that working with surface mount parts was not difficult at all, in fact , many reported that they preferred smt when they got used to it. The SMK-2 is a training excercise that results in a very usable 40 meter direct conversion transceiver that is capable and has worked all states.

We have improved the SMK by adding a case designed by Ken Locasale, WA4MNT, and have added through holes for the toroid which makes it much easier to mount. Also, we have added sip strips to use as a crystal socket, and ship the rig with 7.030 crystals. The cost is $40.00 plus shipping and handling.

February 10 15, 2012 The Dual banders are sold out!

January 15, 2012 We have added another test equipment kit to the lineup at Hendricks QRP Kits. Ken LoCasale has used the step attenuator circuit in the ARRL Handbook as the basis of a 41dB step attenuator. The kit comes in a custom case, and is complete with all parts needed to finish, including a commercial quality double sided, solder masked and silk screened pc board. The attenuator uses a pi net work of 2W resistors, and will handle 5 W. Attenuators are great to use to work low power, and are the easiest way to make very low power contacts. Check out the manual at www.qrpkits.com. Kits are in stock and ready to ship. The price is $50 plus shipping and handling.

December 1, 2011 I am pleased to announce that Hendricks QRP Kits has purchased Red Hot Radio Company, owned by David Fifield, AD6A. With this purchase, I now have the exclusive rights to produce and sell all of the Red Hot Radio Kits, including the Red Hot 40, the Red Hot 20, and the SMK-1. Red Hot Radio produced some of the highest quality kits for several years, but was closed due to Dave not having the time to run the company because of his day job. Now, those kits will again be available. The first kit that I will bring back online is the Red Hot 40, and it is available for shipping now. There are 35 kits in the first run, all on 40 meters. The next kit will be the SMK-1 which will be available in about a month. I encourage you to go to the website, www.qrpkits.com and check out the manual for the Red Hot 40. The kit will sell for $250 plus shipping and handling. And the kit is in stock and available for immediate shipping.

September 1, 2011 Hendricks QRP Kits is pleased to announce the The Summit On The Air (SOTA) tuner is the latest Hendricks QRP kit. This tuner features small size and light weight. With a physical size of 2" x 2.5" x 7/8" and weighing only 2.54 ounces, the Sota Tuner is the smallest and lightest on the market today. It is an Extended Half Wavelength design, and is aimed at the backpacker and traveler. With this tuner and a wire, you can be on the air from anywhere. The tuner is packaged by Ken LoCasale, WA4MNT, and comes with a prepunched custom made aluminum chassis. No holes to measure and drill. Every thing is included with the kit except the wire for the antenna! It features stainless steel hardware, uses handie wing nuts to attach the wire and counterpoise, and even has the Dan Tayloe, N7VE, designed SWR Indicator included.

The tuner was inspired by a talk given by Steve Galchutt, the "Goatman" at Ft. Tuthill this summer. Steve who has the call WG0AT, is one of the big leaders in the movement to activate mountain peaks on the air. He demonstrated his equipment, and mentioned the need for a very light, simple, and dependable tuner. We believe that the SOTA tuner will fill the bill nicely, and its impressive light weight of only 2.54 ounces is a huge factor when you are backpacking and literally every ounce counts. Order today at Hendricks QRP Kits. www.qrpkits.com. And the price? Just $30 plus shipping and handling. Order yours today. The manual and details are online at www.qrpkits.com.

April 5, 2011 Hendricks is pleased to announce the Deluxe Tenna Dipper The Deluxe Tenna Dipper was designed by Steve Weber, KD1JV and comes in a custom designed case designed by Ken Locasale, WA4MNT. It is a great tool for setting up antennas both in the field and at home, and it is small enough to fit in your shirt pocket. Check out the manual by going to the main page and clicking on the picture of the manual. The best feature of this improved Deluxe Tenna Dipper is the digital readout. The original had a morse code readout but that has been upgraded to a digital readout, plus the new model comes in a custom, prepunched aluminum case. Order yours today, just $75 plus shipping. To order, go to the main page and click on the picture to go to the ordering page using Paypal, or print out the handy order form under the order button on the main page.

Also in the line up is the 30m version of the NADC

January 10, 2011 When I attend QRP forums, I always enjoy the talks that the speakers give. l also have gotten many ideas for kits to add to my kit lineup at Hendricks QRP Kits. The fall 2010 NorCal West Coast QRP Forum featured 2 well known "Elmers", Dean Davis, N7XG and Darrel "Herb" Swenson, K0AWB. Their talk was about how to start and keep a local QRP building group going. Both of them mentioned that they needed a cheap, easy to build kit that could be completed in about an hour, and that it would actually do something. Darrel said that what he would like to see was a code practice oscillator with a built in key. Ken Locasale is an excellent designer who is an outstanding packager of kits. His specialty is design of user interfaces, and cases. He has designed the packaging for the Hendricks RF Probe and the Hendricks Signal Generator. After the talk, I gave him a call and described what Darrel had said that he wanted in a kit. A week later, Ken had the prototype at Pacificon.

The Hendricks CPO kit is designed to be the entry level kit for the first time builder. It can be built in about an hour, and is an ideal kit for the person who has never soldered. When you finish, you have used the following skills: identification of parts, soldering, wire stripping, wiring, mechanical assembly, schematic reading, and most importantly, learning to read a manual and follow directions. And you have a neat little code practice oscillator. If you are interested in doing a club build, scout group, or school project, contact me for bulk kit pricing. The kit sells for $18 plus shipping. Orders will be shipped via first class mail.

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