The Tuna Tin Two Gallery! Presented by Electronics USA, the manufacturer of Whiterook Mini Keys and CW Paddles.
NOW 53 GREAT TT2 PHOTOS! Updated: June 3, 2023
A Vintage Tuna Tin Two!
Vintage 1976 Tuna Tin Two Built by Jack Roblin, WN6KYO, June 1976 The Tuna Tin Two, a QRP 40M Transmitter by Doug DeMaw. QST, May 1976 This classic
Tuna Tin Two was built as a project while attending
the Amateur Radio Summer school class at Santa
Monica High School in California. I was 15 years
old when I built this classic little rig. In fact,
it was one of the first electronic projects I ever
built! What a GREAT project it was too! It helped
inspire several others in the class to get their
novice licenses. This unique little transmitter,
even with its very modest 250 milliwatts output,
provided hours of fun and plenty of great contacts
during that time.
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Jack Roblin, WA6KYO This is the
original photograph used on the May 1976 cover of
QST. Special thanks to
Ed Hare W1RFI and the ARRL for providing this
classic photo! Click on the cat's face to
see a SPECTACULAR enlarged image of the W1FB Tuna
Tin 2! Using my Macintosh and PhotoShop, I've
cropped and enlarged the TT2 from the original 4.4
Megabyte BMP image that Ed Hare sent me. Thanks Ed
for allowing me to do this. The result is
fabulous!!! Click
Here to see a
large close up of W1FB's Original TT2 from the
above 1976 photo. Click
Here to see a
photo of W1FB's Original TT2 in the year
2000!
Tuna Tin Two Construction Information NJ QRP Club: Background Information on the Tuna Tin Two Build your own TT2 with this PDF Manual Download from the NJ QRP Club The original Tuna Tin Two Construction article by Doug DeMaw appeared in the May 1976 QST. Some parts are no longer available. There are some Tuna Tin Two videos on Youtube, so be sure to check them out as well.
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WØPWE
Vintage Style TT2 built recently, and Socrates,
a Cool QRP Cat! You can also see this photo of
Jerry's TT2 and Socrates in the July 2000 issue of
QST- It's in the "Up Front" section.
KD7REM:
This excellent TT2 was built on a perf board
for a true homebrew look - nice job Christopher!
Check out the placement of the XMIT - RCV switch -
a nice touch. Cool QRP Cat Zener looks
puuuuuuurrrrfectly happy.....no wonder.....I'm sure
he enjoyed polishing off the contents of the can!!!
hi hi
WØCH:
Dave is lucky- he has 2 Tuna Can Cleaners!! Purrty
Kitten, the one on the right keying an MK-11 Spy
Micro-Key, is the momma cat of Morris (you could
almost guess his name!) on the left. Thanks Dave,
great photos!
WØHXS: TT2 built into toy VW Bus! The headlights flash CW! No Joke! Beautiful mini-bug!
AC7CF : Andrew's TT2 & MK-44 are very busy on the bands!
WA5BDU: TT2, MRX-40 in Sardine Can, and another cool QRP Cat!! (Love these Cat photos! -Jack)
KCØJYT:
A proud Gracie, standing guard over a FINE
collection of QRP gear. Check out the homebrew bug!
Thanks Bill, very nice stuff.
KC7EAY: "Tiger" really enjoys this TT2. The 2N2222's must be running a little warm on this one!!
N2QFD: "Wake up Fluffy".......after a night of TT2/QRPp DXing on 40 Meters!
W7IST:
Justin has built an original TT2 and single
transistor homebrew version for 20 Meters. Sleepy
QRP kittens Milo (multicolored one) and Dopple are
included for scale in these photos - they're not
much bigger than the TT2!
WDØEME:
Here is Clint's wonderful example of an
original and vintage Tuna Tin Two, built in 1979!
It's still in great shape after all these years.
Original TT2's are now extremely RARE so this photo
is especially appreciated. If you have one, or know
someone who does, please feel free to send us a
photo of it. The TT2 Gallery needs more original
TT2's.
W9JOP, Bob Chapman of
Virginia, is the first US Amateur to earn an ARRL
WAS Award with his two TT2's (middle one is for
40M, right "boxed" TT2 for 20M).
A great
accomplishment!! His
antenna is a G5RV at 50 feet. He also uses a superb
Collins 51S-1 receiver with his QRPp gear, which
also includes the Norcal SMK-1, and a Tick Keyer
from Embedded Research. Bob's accomplishment is
remarkable because he used only TWO CRYSTALS: 7043
and 14060 KHz. And, I might add, he did it the old
fashioned way, and the most FUN and rewarding way:
no skeds were set up - " I just waited for the
states to cross my Xtal freqs, then POUNCED UPON
'EM!!" Congrats to you Bob - Great
work!!
WANTED: MORE QRP CAT & TT2 PHOTOS! These are absolutely CLASSIC. Keep sending them in!
Got a TT2? Cool QRP Cat? E-Mail Me a Photo! Tnx & 72, - Jack Roblin WA6KYO
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K2MGM:
Is this cool or what??!! Tnx Ed.
