Welcome to Hendricks QRP Kits
Hendricks QRP Kits is a company that specializes in high quality, low cost
QRP Kits. I have over 15 years experience doing kits, having started with
the NorCal 40 in 1993, and have kitted over 20,000 kits through my
association with NorCal QRP Club and Hendricks QRP Kits. I will strive to
provide complete customer satisfaction and will guarantee all kits to be
100% complete. If you are missing any part in your kit, please email me at
and I will ship the missing
parts to you via first class mail and at my expense.
Hendricks QRP Kits Warranty Policy
Hendricks QRP Kits strives to offer the best quality, affordable, kits
available in today's market and make your kit project a complete success.
We have confidence in the quality of our designs and in the performance
of our components. In keeping with this tradition, we will replace any
electronic component, for the life of the product, for any reason. If you
lose, damage, burn out, or install a component in error, that requires a
replacement, simply contact us, pay the postage or shipping, and we will
replace it. This is in addition to our previous practice of replacing any
component missing from our kits, shipped first class mail, free.
To our knowledge, no amateur radio company offers this comprehensive
policy.
Hendricks QRP Kits has new phone hours. School has started again, and
phone hours for Hendricks QRP Kits will be from 4 til 10 PM Pacific Time
Monday through Friday, and 9AM til 5PM on weekends. Thanks to all for
your cooperation.
Contact Information for Hendricks QRP Kits
I am excited to announce that I have a new email address to contact me about
questions, orders and parts for Hendricks QRP Kits. Thanks to some hard work
by Dean, email contact should be much more efficient. Ok, here is the deal:
If you have general questions about anything other than orders or parts, please use
If you have questions about an order use
If you have questions about parts, please use
If you wish to talk to me via telephone, I ask that you only contact me
between 5:00 and 10:00 PM Pacific time Monday thru Friday, and from 9:00
AM to 6:00 PM on Saturday and Sunday. There is a reason for this. I am a
full time school teacher, and am not allowed to take personal calls during
the school day. If you call before 5:00 Pacific time on Monday through Friday,
I cannot answer the phone.
Here is the phone number: 209-704-3522.
I will make every attempt to get orders shipped within 2 weeks of receipt,
but sometimes things get held up due to parts shortages, etc. Over seas
orders should know that it can take 4 to 8 weeks for an order to arrive
after shipment, due to customs and the international mail process. When
you order for foreign delivery, please be aware of this delay.
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Hendricks QRP Kits being presented with an appreciation award to the QRP
community on behalf of the Russian QRP Amateur Radio Club, by past
president, Oleg V. Borodin RV3GM, during his first trip to the United
States, for Dayton 2009.
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January 15, 2012
We have added another test equipment kit to the lineup at Hendricks QRP
Kits. Ken LoCasale has used the step attenuator circuit in the ARRL
Handbook as the basis of a 41dB step attenuator. The kit comes in a custom
case, and is complete with all parts needed to finish, including a
commercial quality double sided, solder masked and silk screened pc board.
The attenuator uses a pi net work of 2W resistors, and will handle 5 W.
Attenuators are great to use to work low power, and are the easiest way to
make very low power contacts. Check out the manual at www.qrpkits.com.
Kits are in stock and ready to ship. The price is $50 plus shipping and
handling.
December 1, 2011
I am pleased to announce that Hendricks QRP Kits has purchased Red Hot
Radio Company, owned by David Fifield, AD6A. With this purchase, I now
have the exclusive rights to produce and sell all of the Red Hot Radio
Kits, including the Red Hot 40, the Red Hot 20, and the SMK-1. Red Hot
Radio produced some of the highest quality kits for several years, but was
closed due to Dave not having the time to run the company because of his
day job. Now, those kits will again be available. The first kit that I
will bring back online is the Red Hot 40, and it is available for shipping
now. There are 35 kits in the first run, all on 40 meters. The next kit
will be the SMK-1 which will be available in about a month. I encourage
you to go to the website, www.qrpkits.com and check out the manual for the
Red Hot 40. The kit will sell for $250 plus shipping and handling. And
the kit is in stock and available for immediate shipping.
September 1, 2011
Hendricks QRP Kits is pleased to announce the The Summit On The Air (SOTA)
tuner is the latest Hendricks QRP kit. This tuner
features small size and light weight. With a physical size of 2" x 2.5" x
7/8" and weighing only 2.54 ounces, the Sota Tuner is the smallest and
lightest on the market today. It is an Extended Half Wavelength design,
and is aimed at the backpacker and traveler. With this tuner and a wire,
you can be on the air from anywhere. The tuner is packaged by Ken
LoCasale, WA4MNT, and comes with a prepunched custom made aluminum chassis.
No holes to measure and drill. Every thing is included with the kit
except the wire for the antenna! It features stainless steel hardware,
uses handie wing nuts to attach the wire and counterpoise, and even has the
Dan Tayloe, N7VE, designed SWR Indicator included.
The tuner was inspired by a talk given by Steve Galchutt, the "Goatman" at
Ft. Tuthill this summer. Steve who has the call WG0AT, is one of the big
leaders in the movement to activate mountain peaks on the air. He
demonstrated his equipment, and mentioned the need for a very light,
simple, and dependable tuner. We believe that the SOTA tuner will fill the
bill nicely, and its impressive light weight of only 2.54 ounces is a huge
factor when you are backpacking and literally every ounce counts. Order
today at Hendricks QRP Kits. www.qrpkits.com. And the price? Just $30
plus shipping and handling. Order yours today. The manual and details are
online at www.qrpkits.com.
April 5, 2011
Hendricks is pleased to announce the
Deluxe Tenna Dipper
The Deluxe Tenna Dipper was designed by Steve Weber, KD1JV and comes in a custom
designed case designed by Ken Locasale, WA4MNT. It is a great tool for
setting up antennas both in the field and at home, and it is small
enough to fit in your shirt pocket. Check out the manual by going to
the main page and clicking on the picture of the manual. The best
feature of this improved Deluxe Tenna Dipper is the digital readout.
The original had a morse code readout but that has been upgraded
to a digital readout, plus the new model comes in a custom, prepunched
aluminum case. Order yours today, just $75 plus shipping. To order, go
to the main page and click on the picture to go to the ordering page
using Paypal, or print out the handy order form under the
order button
on the main page.
Also in the line up is the 30m version of the NADC
January 10, 2011
When I attend QRP forums, I always enjoy the talks that the speakers give.
l also have gotten many ideas for kits to add to my kit lineup at Hendricks
QRP Kits. The fall 2010 NorCal West Coast QRP Forum featured 2 well known
"Elmers", Dean Davis, N7XG and Darrel "Herb" Swenson, K0AWB. Their talk was about how
to start and keep a local QRP building group going. Both of them mentioned
that they needed a cheap, easy to build kit that could be completed in
about an hour, and that it would actually do something. Darrel said that
what he would like to see was a code practice oscillator with a built in
key. Ken Locasale is an excellent designer who is an outstanding packager
of kits. His specialty is design of user interfaces, and cases. He has
designed the packaging for the Hendricks RF Probe and the Hendricks Signal
Generator. After the talk, I gave him a call and described what Darrel had
said that he wanted in a kit. A week later, Ken had the prototype at
Pacificon.
The Hendricks CPO kit is designed to be the entry level kit for the first
time builder. It can be built in about an hour, and is an ideal kit for
the person who has never soldered. When you finish, you have used the
following skills: identification of parts, soldering, wire stripping,
wiring, mechanical assembly, schematic reading, and most importantly,
learning to read a manual and follow directions. And you have a neat
little code practice oscillator. If you are interested in doing a club
build, scout group, or school project, contact me for bulk kit pricing.
The kit sells for $18 plus shipping. Orders will be shipped via first class mail.
December 29, 2010
Several people have asked me to come up with a "blank" case in the style of
the Hendricks Qrp Kits Tranceiver cases. Ken Locasale has come up with a
basic case design that we feel will meet the needs of those requests. The
case is made out of high quality aluminum, comes complete with bail and
bail hardware, and features a brushed aluminum finish. We are testing the
market for this product and have only produced 50 of the cases in the first
run. These cases are the same high quality cases that we use in all of our
kits. The only difference is that they are not punched. If you would
like one, click on the picture of the case for details and pricing. 72,
Doug
September 27, 2010
We are introducing new pricing options for the Tut15 and the NADC-40.
Effective immediately, the basic kits are now $75, the cases are $30 and
the Digital Dial is $35, allowing you to build the kit, then put it in your
own case if you desire, and you have the option of using the digital dial
or not. Both of these transceivers are a great value, giving you vfo
control instead of being confined to one frequency like the old DCxx series
of rigs. Plus, if you want, you have the option of a case with all
connectors and knobs, plus the hardware. The case comes with a cutout for
the digital display, but there is a red plastic to cover the cutout if you
choose to not use the display that is included with the case kit. If you
choose, you still have the option of ordering the complete kit which
includes the board and parts basic kit, the case kit, and the digital
display, and the cost is only $130, which is a $10 savings and you only
have to pay for one shipping charge!
August 26, 2010
We have changed our shipping charges from a per item price to a total order
price. You will notice on our product pages we have removed references to DX.
PayPal shipping will be calculated when you view your cart and continue
with Paypal. For more information about our shipping charges please take
a look at our Order Page.
May 5, 2010
I am pleased to announce that we have two new transceivers that will be
available at Dayton and on the web site right after Dayton. Dan Tayloe
is the designer of the Ft. Tuthill 15, which is a cw transceiver on 15
meters, yes I said 15 meters!! The sunspots are coming back and 15 is starting
to pop!! Steve Weber has designed the Nearly All Discrete Component 40, a
transceiver on 40 that is a joy to operate and build. Both of these kits
are great kits for the new builder, and will replace the popular DCxx
series of crytal controlled transceivers in the Hendricks QRP Kits line.
Check out the specs on these great new kits and the manuals will be up
very soon. We will start taking orders right after Dayton.
May 3, 2010
After a long and successful run, the the DCxx Transceiver is now Retired.
March 28, 2010
I am very happy to announce that Hendricks QRP Kits will again be at Dayton
at our usual spot on QRP Row, just down from the QRP ARCI booth at 247,
248, 249 along with Pacific Antenna and American Morse Products. (James
Bennett and Doug Hauf).
Tuthill 15: This is our new transceiver designed by Dan Tayloe, N7VE. We
are in the final stages of prototyping, but everything looks
great. Hendricks QRP Kits commisioned Dan to design the Tuthill 80
transceiver for the Arizona Scqrpions QRP group as a fund raiser for the
annual Ft. Tuthill QRP Forum. It is a huge success and several hundred
kits have been sold and built. The first thing that the guys asked for was
the kit on other bands. Dan has done that, and we are starting with the
Tuthill 15, which should be a hot seller because 15 meters is starting to
get active and will continue to improve. The Tuthill 15, unlike the club
kit, will be a complete kit with board, through hole parts, and a custom
designed case that has a cutout for a KD1JV frequency counter that can be
added at any time. The kit will ship with the red plastic to cover the
cutout if you choose not to add the frequency counter. The target price
for the kit and case is $75 - $100. Dan has had to use a different mixing
scheme to get the rig on the other bands than he used on the Tuthill
80. The board for the Hendricks kits will also be a different size than
the TutHill 80. We plan on having models available from 10 - 160M soon,
but not before Dayton. The Arizona Scqrpions will continue to have
exclusive rights to sell the Ft. Tuthill 80.
NADC-40: Steve Weber has done it again. He has designed a Nearly All
Discrete Component Transceiver for 40 meters. This little rig will be a
delight to build and will be a great performer when you are
finished. Again, it will come complete with a custom case designed by Ken
Locasale, and will have a cutout option for the KD1JV Frequency
Display. The kit will be shipped with the red plastic to cover the cutout
so you may add the frequency counter at anytime. Steve is working on the
final prototype, and we should have kits available at Dayton. And just as
soon as we can we will have a 20 and 30 meter version. The target price is
again at $75 to $100.
Both of the above transceiver kits will have vfo tuning with about 50 kHz
of adjustable tuning range!!
And finally, the best information yet!! Steve Weber will be at Dayton this
year. Steve will be making an appearance on Friday and Saturday at the
Hendricks QRP booth. We encourage all of the qrpers to stop by and say
hello to Steve and if you haven't met this famous qrper before, don't pass
this opportunity up. He is a delight to talk with, and one of the nicest
guys in qrp.
March 8, 2010
Hendricks is pleased to announce 2 new kits, first the
Buddy Keyer/Speaker Console This little jewel
will have a built in keyer, audio amplifier, and speaker all housed in a
custom case. The price for this kit is $50.00. And second a
Dummy Load kit designed for QRP rigs and best
of all this kit can either built using SMT or through hole parts all for $15.00.
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