{"id":23621,"date":"2017-01-25T10:36:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T14:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=23621"},"modified":"2017-01-25T13:47:15","modified_gmt":"2017-01-25T17:47:15","slug":"stampfl-products-on-ebay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/01\/stampfl-products-on-ebay\/","title":{"rendered":"Stampfl products on eBay"},"content":{"rendered":"

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This morning, I noticed that the Swiss radio and Morse key manufacturer, Stampfl, is selling some of their products on eBay<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In particular, they’ve\u00a0listed the Junior 1 shortwave radio receiver kit<\/a> (above) and the\u00a0STM-11 Classic Morse Code straight key<\/a>\u00a0(below).<\/p>\n

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Stampfl was founded by Heinz Stampfl (HB9KOC)–I’ve been following his work\u00a0the past few years, especially fascinated with his SDR designs<\/a> which are (sadly) only experimental and have never been put into production.<\/p>\n

I’m particularly fascinated with the\u00a0MICRO SWRX<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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And the\u00a0EXPERIMENTAL SWRX<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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I’ve written\u00a0Heinz more than once encouraging him to put these on the market. Of course, it’s an easy request coming from a consumer who doesn’t have to front the production costs and inherent overhead!<\/p>\n

Heinz, if you’re reading this, why not do a Kickstarter campaign<\/a> for one of your fine SDR designs?!<\/em><\/p>\n

The Junior 1 receiver kit<\/h2>\n

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The Stampfl Junior 1 shortwave receiver kit<\/a> looks like a lot of fun not only to operate, but also to build and I’m sorely tempted to purchase one!<\/p>\n

Here’s a video of the Junior 1 in action:<\/p>\n