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SPECTRUM ANALYZER AND ACTUALLY LOOK AT NEARBY FREQUENCIES, ALL FROM THE
COMPUTER KEYBOARD.  NEAT, HUH?  BUILDING THE KIT THE FIREFLY IS A MONOBAND
TRANSCEIVER, SO YOU NEED TO PICK 30 OR 20 METERS.  I HAVE LOTS OF 20 METER
RADIOS, SO I PICKED THE 30 METER VERSION.  THE KIT USES THROUGH HOLE
COMPONENTS.  THERE ARE FIVE SURFACE MOUNTED PARTS, BUT THEY ARE INSTALLED
BEFORE THE KIT SHIPS.  THE KIT ARRIVED IN A DECEPTIVELY SMALL BOX.  YOU
NEED TO GET A COPY OF THE MANUAL IN PDF FORMAT FROM THE WEB SITE WWW.
QRPKITS. COM.  ONCE I HAD THE MANUAL PRINTED ALL 66 PAGES OF IT.  I TOOK IT
TO OFFICE MAX AND HAD IT SPIRAL BOUND.  THAT ALLOWS IT TO LAY FLAT ON THE
WORKBENCH AND OFFERS AN EFFECTIVE WAY TO STORE THE MANUAL AFTER THE BUILD.
THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS WAS TO INVENTORY THE CONTENTS AND BE SURE THAT
EVERYTHING WAS ON HAND IT WAS.  I CANNOT OVERSTATE THE IMPORTANCE OF THIS
STEP.  YOU DONT WANT TO DISCOVER, HALFWAY THROUGH THE BUILD, THAT YOU DONT
HAVE THE PROPER PARTS TO COMPLETE THE KIT.  RESIST THE TEMPTATION TO DIVE
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F6CDJ/343 F8KA/345 G3LAS/338 G3MIR/341 G4YRR/337 G5LP/355 GM0VRP/331
HB9BCK/336 HB9BPP/338 HB9CRV/337 HB9CSA/337 HC1HC/340 HK3YH/344 HK5LEX/335
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