Rare Unbuilt KD1JV Steve Weber Slop Bucket II CW SSB Digital QRP Transceiver Kit

Description

This auction is for a rare, unbuilt Slop Bucket II CW/SSB/Digital transceiver kit. The kit is brand new and unbuilt. One small thing about this kit. I was building another Steve Weber kit, and was missing a surface mount capacitor. So I opened this kit and borrowed one. There's a little plastic bag in the kit with 3 replacements of the same capacitor which I received from KD1JV.
Instructions and resources can be found on the the website provided with the kit. The kit uses extensive surface mount parts, so is a great way to develop experience building with surface mount components and is a lot of fun to build and to operate. The kit did not include an enclosure, so there is no enclosure included with this sale.
This radio has a lot of nice features. CW/SSB/Digital. It includes a digital display, frequency tuner (encoder), RIT and 9 frequency memories.
Shipping is via USPS First class mail for a flat price of .50 within the United States.
Description of kit from the online user's guide:
Specs:Power supply:• 11.0 V min for SSB/Digital• 9.0 V min for CW.• 6.0 V min for receive only.• 14.0 V max• Peak current ~ 2 Amps at 13.8 VRx:MDS ~ 0.5 uV (just audible in noise.)Rx current ~ 40 maRx tuning range – limited by band filters, otherwise no restrictions.Tx:Tx range, full band.10+ watts at 13.8V, CW typical.Spurious outputs less then -50 dBc
Operation:Volume :Adjust the speaker volume. There is sufficient power to drive a small speaker to a reasonable level. AGC is applied before the volumecontrol.Tune :Adjust the frequency at the selected tuning rate.Tuning Range:Tuning outside the band is not limited. This allows listening to SWBC stations. The receiver will be the most sensitive when tuning below theband for which the board is built for, due to the Low Pass transmitter filter. When the frequency is tuned outside the band, the transmitterkeying is disabled. The message NoTx will appear on the upper right hand side of the display as a reminder.Encoder “ENTER” push button:Short Push: Increment tuning rate.The currently selected tuning decade is indicated by a cursor under the digit. Tuning rates of 100 kHz to 10 Hz are available. 500 Hz and 5kHz tuning rates are also available and are indicated by a triangle under the 100's or 1 kHz digit.Long push: Toggle Back light on and off.Menu (Function):Timed Push button. Push and hold closed until desired function is shown on the display, typically on the bottom line.Less then one (1) second : Toggle RIT on and off.More then one (1) seconds, less then two (2) seconds : Frequency memories.More then two (2) seconds, less then three (3) seconds : Toggle MODE, SSB/CW.More then three (3) seconds, less then four (4) seconds : Toggle VOX on or off.More then four (4) seconds, less then five (5) seconds : Adjust LCD display contrast. RIT:When enabled, the difference between the transmit frequency (which is now fixed) and the receive frequency is above the main frequencydisplay. There is no limit to the RIT range, but is only displayed to +/- 99.000 kHz So, be careful.Frequency Memories:Ten (0-9) frequency memories are available. A frequency stored in location #9 will become the power on frequency.• Use the tuning encoder to select the memory location.• If a location is blank, “empty” will be displayed, otherwise the frequency currently in that location.• The “MENU” switch is used to select “load”, “write” or “clear” at that location. Push and hold the MENU switch until the desiredfunction is displayed on the bottom line.• Push the Encoder “ENTER” switch to complete the action.• Memory mode can be exited with no action if “ENTER” is pushed before one of the memory functions has been selected.Toggle Mode:This switches between the SSB and CW operating modes. The current operating mode is shown on at the bottom, right of the display. Modeis reset to SSB on power up.Toggle VOX:This switches the VOX circuit on and off. When enabled, VOX will be shown on the upper right of the display. VOX is sensitive and isprimarily included to facilitate the use of Digital Modes so the rig can automatically switch between receive and transmit. VOX is disabled inCW mode.Adjust Contrast:It maybe required to adjust the contrast from time to time due to variations in temperature, desired viewing angle and initially due tovariations in the individual displays.• Use the Tuning encoder to adjust the contrast for best viewing, clockwise to darken.• Push the ENTER switch to store.Microphone and push to talk:These connections are done with a 3.5mm phone jack. The “TIP” should be connected to PTT so that a straight key with mono plug can beused to key the rig in CW mode. A mono plug shorts out the microphone input, which is active in CW mode so shouldn't be left floating.The rig is designed to be used with an Electret type microphone. Power is supplied via a 22K resistor to 5 volts and should power most micelements.CW mode:CW mode shifts the BFO frequency by 600 Hz during transmit to move it into the pass band of the IF crystal filter. The product detector isunbalanced to allow the BFO signal to be outputted by the mixer instead of being suppressed. This also matches the transmit frequency tothat of the other station.Tx and Modulation indicator LED:Red LEDs are used to indicate the rig is transmitting and to indicate modulation. In CW mode the Modulation LED should shin brightly duringtransmit. In SSB mode, it should flicker as you talk. Power output has to exceed about 5 watts before the LED starts to come on.The Tx LED will come on when the rig is keyed.Side tone level:A small trimmer resistor located near the bottom side of the volume control can be used to set the side tone level to your desired level. Sidetone volume is independent of volume control setting.