SPRAT is a quarterly magazine, edited by George G3RJV. SPRAT contains many circuits, technical hints and ideas for QRP construction projects, together with club news, contest and award information and other items of interest to QRP operators. SPRAT is an exclusive QRP journal and contains much practical information in each issue.

Sprat CD version 3 - Issue 120.

We managed to miss out page 20 when compiling the CD. You can download it from here.

Sprat 132 - "RAMU" (Remote Aerial Matching Unit)

RAMU was conceived by Ian Keyser G3ROO as a system for matching aerials to their transmission lines at their feed points.
You can download the source code from here.

Reprints.

A copy of any SPRAT article listed in the index is available for a small payment for each article.

Reprints will be in A4 format - reprinted from the SPRAT CD. This is a service for club members. Please quote your membership number when ordering.

From the U.K., each order must include a large self addressed and stamped envelope with sufficient postage affixed. Each article will cost 10 pence, payable in postage stamps or coins (at your own risk!). We regret, that we cannot accept cheques for small sums due to bank charges. Nor can we accept IRC's.

From outside the UK each order must include a large self addressed envelope. Payment to be in the form of United States Dollar Bills at the rate of two Dollars per reprint and we will supply the postage. It would be a great help if you would list the required articles in ascending numerical order of the Sprat issues.

For reprints please write to:
Tony Fishpool, G4WIF

Sprat Index.

Download the entire index in Adobe format (1.1 Meg) This includes the SPRAT ERRATA File.
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Datasheets.

Here is a list of the currently available datasheets.

Please note that the list of datasheets shown in the current handbook is incorrect. Postal prices are the same as for SPRAT reprints but you can download them for free from here. These documents are in Adobe Acrobat Format.

Jesper OZ1XB has prepared an Excel spreadsheet for calculating transmission lines.
A Guide to Capacitors by Paul NA5N. This is a fabulous document which will answer most of the questions you ever asked about capacitors. (1.6Mb)
A Short Guide to Harmonic Filters for QRP Transmitter Output by George G3RJV. (83kb)
The Resistive SWR Bridge - by Tony G4WIF & Ian G3ROO. (77kb)
Toko 10k Inductors for HF band use by George G3RJV. (37kb)
Quick and Easy Bandpass Filters for Receiver Input Tuning by George G3RJV._(36kb)
The "Direx" 40/20m DC Receiver by George G3RJV. (893kb)
The "SCD" complete Transceiver by George G3RJV. (71kb).
Installing the SPRAT CD by Tony G4WIF. This datasheet was created to assist with the installation of the CD from Funk Amateur containing all the issues of SPRAT from 1 to 100. (89kb).
Oscilloscopes by Paul NA5N (335k).
TAK893 Mixer by Paul NA5N (439k) - See SPRAT 108 page 24 for details.
S Units (54k) by Paul NA5N
A guide to Japanese / European Transistors by John G8SEQ
Club CW and SSB filters by Graham G3MFJ
Handymans Guide to Solar Acticity and HF Propagation
The Sprat Pixie File - collection of simple radios.
Making a Toroidal KANK - a replacement for those hard to get coils used in so many older Sprat projects.
Sprat CD version 1 - You have a new computer and no floppy drive in which to use the key disk. This document was kindly written by Ingo Meyer DK3RED.
GQRP Club toroid information by Graham G3MFJ
G8ATH / G0SIB crossed monopole antenna for HF / NVIS page 1 page 2

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SPRAT CD

Version 1 - Produced by a German radio club Funk Amateur. It has the blessing of GQRP but is a totally independent initiative.
All enquires (or even complaints) must go to Funk Amateur. The CD contains Issues 1 - 100 of SPRAT and is suitable for use with Windows 95/98 and Windows NT. It can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader (which you have to provide). It arrives with a key (floppy) disc based on your callsign (which you provide with your order).

Version 2 was also produced by Funk Amateur and covered issues 1 - 109 but did not require a key floppy.

Version 3 is the first "in house" produced CD. For further information please see our club sales pages.

SPRAT ERRATA

Check here (and the Index) for corrected article errors.

Issue 95 (Summer 1998) Urs Hadorn HB9ABO wrote a very interesting article on a PIC based Electronic Keyer, unfortunately, the circuit diagram on page 4 was a little indistinct. It can be downloaded from here. (68k)

Issue 98 page 5. There was a section missing from the circuit diagram. Download it here (92k).

Issue 107 (Summer 2001) The Epiphyte circuit diagrams were a little indistinct. They can be downloaded in these two PDF documents. Diagram A & Diagram B. My thanks to Derry VE7QK for his permission to put these on the web and for supplying the documents. 

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Issue 129 - "All Tubes" 80 CW QRP - HB9FAE. The circuit diagram didn't reproduce too well in Sprat so you can download it from here.