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Mike:

There have been a few very interesting SMT transceiver kits with
limited production runs, including KD1JV's ATS series. Nothing much
about them on his website now.

http://kd1jv.qrpradio.com/

There's quite a bit of info on the ATS-3 at
http://www.ae5x.com/ats3.html .

Another recent one is the NorCal 2030 (supposed to have a pretty good
RX), see

http://www.norcalqrp.org/nc2030.htm

Thanks for the links. The ATS3 looks promising, as do the DDS and SDR
directions. I'm pleased to find the fresh ideas making their way along.
Seeing the gulf between the old and the new, though, it makes you wonder
(yet again) where HF operating will be in another ten or twenty years. I
have half a mind to hibernate another year or so, and see where the "kids"
take us.