My scratch-build of the Wilderness Radio SST20 has been a great success. I’m not a very active operator but have had 18 QSO’s on it so far, running it into a horizontal loaded dipole (a Buddipole) at 25 feet. The furthest was Hawaii at about 2350 miles distant, followed closely by Midland, PA at about […]
When building the SST for 20M, my plan was to kit it out with a paddle, battery, and an easily deployable antenna, and head for the hills. That’s still the plan. I don’t operate portable very often, preferring the comfort of the operating position in my small apartment, where I can make as many drinks […]
Note – all links in this post open in a new browser window. Many thanks to Zach N0ZGO, for providing updated links. I have edited this article to reflect them. Thank you Zach! I’ve been wanting to build an SST for a few years now. It’s a plucky little rig, with a lot of character. […]
Dave Richards AA7EE 