Doug Hendricks and Steve Weber teamed up to offer a forty meter single sideband and cw transceiver called the MMR-40. It is being offered as a kit at http://www.qrpkits.com. I saw a prototype at the NorCal club meeting in March. Below you can see it received a lot interest and Doug stated he had over 60 orders in the first couple of days it was for sale.

Doug Hendricks, Bob Okas and Song Kang checking the power output on the MMR-40

I was the first person to order the transceiver and Doug sent my kit out as a trial to determine the amount of postage he would need for each kit. I started on the kit the day after it arrived. The bare board and installed PTO screw is seen below.

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I used a square to ensure the three brass nuts were square to the board.

 

The finished PTO coil.

The kit went together fairly quickly and I had it completed in a couple of evenings. Below you can see the finished board.

I'm going to use an external VFO with the transceiver. The NorCal club has been selling the FCC-1 and Fcc-2 kits for for over a year and they works great with this rig. I added a RCA jack to the right side of the rear panel and ran some RG174 to the 3 pin LO pads. The only modification that needs to be made to the MMR-40 board is to cut the trace that connects the two LO pads, this is done on the bottom of the board. I put a 3 pin header on those pads so I can use the PTO by putting a shorting strap between the the 2 LO pins if needed. Below you can see the the added RCA connector and 3 pin header.

Add RCA Connector

 

VFO in an unfinished state as well as finished.

 

Finished VFO enclosure.

I've made a couple of SSB contacts from here in Centeral California, one into Denver and the other into northern New Mexico. My first contact, right after I finished the rig, was via CW into the San Diego area. This is going to be a fun little rig and should get lots of use.