{"id":2610,"date":"2009-06-05T02:59:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-04T16:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/walford-electronics\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T13:35:04","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T03:35:04","slug":"walford-electronics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homebrewradio.us\/blog\/2009\/06\/05\/walford-electronics\/","title":{"rendered":"Walford Electronics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Tim Walford, G3PCJ, offers a really nice line of ham radio kits. I like the names of the products, and of course I really like the DSB kits. The photo above is the workbench on which these rigs are created.<\/span> Tim also runs a Construction Club and puts out an excellent quarterly newsletter called “Hot Iron.” I just received the latest issue, which is a particularly good one — more about this in SolderSmoke 109.<\/span><\/p>\n

Here is a list of Tim’s kits:<\/span><\/p>\n

AMU<\/span> Matching bridge and T match for 10 – 160m
Audio Amplifier<\/span> General purpose amplifier for driving a loud speaker
Audio Extras <\/span>Adds AGC and good CW facilities to a phone TCVR
Brendon<\/span> Small DSB 1.5W phone transceiver for 80m
Brent<\/span> Small 1.5W CW transceiver for 80m
Chirnside<\/span> Regen RX, crystal controlled AM TX, for any band to 6m
5D <\/span>Counter Five digit frequency readout
Dual Low pass filter<\/span> Pair of relay selected Low Pass Filters
Fivehead <\/span>Single band 1.5W SSB phone TCVR for 20 – 160m
Kilmot<\/span> Double sideband 80m 1.5 W phone TX
Kilton<\/span> 1.5 Watt CW TX – 20 to 80m
Kingsdon<\/span> 5 Watt phone SSB and CW transmitter to go with Midney
Knapp<\/span> Single Band regen TRF – 3.5 to 15 MHz
Knole <\/span>Single Band DC RX, 20 to 80m
Linear <\/span>10 Watt RF amplifier for all nominal 1.5W rigs
Midney<\/span> Simple single band superhet RX for any band 20m to 160m
Mini mix<\/span> Mixer kit for VFO schemes or as receive converter
Notch filter <\/span>Variable frequency notch or peak audio filter
Speech processor<\/span> Boosts average signal level under difficult conditions
Trull<\/span> Medium Wave regen TRF for newcomers, can also do HF
Two Tone oscillator<\/span> Provides audio tones for setting up SSB rig
Washford<\/span> Crystal controlled 1W CW TX for 20, 40 and 80m
Willet<\/span> Simple direct conversion RX for 20, 40 and 80m<\/p>\n

Here is the website of Walford Electronics: http:\/\/walfordelectronics.co.uk\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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