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SIL printed one out, and it fits perfectly! I'll probably take the coffin bug to the field more, without worry about cracking the original cover. Thanks Mike!

Having my son-in-law print one up for me. Will let you know how it goes.

TNX ES 73,

Don, K9DRP

Check out Ron's cootie/paddle key:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/127424238554

I picked up his cootie and a cootie/paddle. Tough and cheap; perfect for the field.

72,

Don, K9DRP

Turns out the Ham from which I bought the rig included a USB soundcard dongle with the required cable. It works FB! I ordered a CAT control cable so that the software can control the frequency. I have to set it manually until the cable arrives.

Don, K9DRP

Having heard lots of positive reviews, I just picked up a G90. I run mostly CW, but would like to be able to work a little digital. Anyone have a recommendation for a modem with this rig? Signal Link, Digirig, etc. I'm reading that the hookup is a little more involved than with other rigs. 73, Don, ...

I took my RGO One to our Field Day operation again this year. I mostly worked CW with it. Another OP was working FT-8, and just couldn't help himself in cranking his rig up to 100 watts of power out. It was the 7300 OPs that had to give up on making contacts on both the same and differing bands whil...

Got my TR-35 out last night to check it out for an expected POTA activation this weekend, and found that the band switch would not change bands. It was stuck on 20 meters. Opened it up and visually checked the solder connections on the band switch. They looked fine but I reheated them and added a li...

I almost always use a tuner with my EFHWs and the TR-35, but not because I'm concerned about SWR. My little rig will put out 8 watts or more at full power with 13.8 volts. I run a lot of QRP events and 8 watts ain't QRP. I want all of 5 watts out, and the tuner keeps me good to QRP standards. I use ...

I've had my TR-45 less than a week now, but have worked many POTA stations. And I want to say, before I offer criticism, that it's an operationally FB rig. I also ordered the bare bones version. If an OP wanted to add the tuner and battery options they'd have a great all-in-one setup. But since I ha...

Bob,

You got good answers here. The only thing I would add is that you could buy bigger or more batteries to power your SW-3B for a -very- long time, and still spend a lot less than going the solar route. Or course, that might not be as much fun.

72,

Don, K9DRP