MIZUHO 2.

Buffer/Amplifier
This stage isolates the oscillator from the power

Rose-Kit series
amplifier and the antenna.

3. Power Amplifier
1W CW QRP This stage amplifies the signal from the
7 / 21 MHz Transmitter Kit oscillator to a higher level. Output is around one (1)
MODEL QP-7 watt. A 5-element low-pass harmonic filter on the
collector of the final transistor attenuates

QP-21 undesirable harmonics and assures proper

matching to the antenna load. The final transistor
is a 2SC1957.

¥3,000 ASSEMBLY MANUAL

Easy Construction
Building your own transmitter is exciting and much
more satisfying than using
commercially-made "luxury" units.
In the days of many high-power stations, 1W QRP Construction
is a lot of fun! QP-7 is a
mini-transmitter, made by Mizuho for your First inventory all parts and make sure none is
enjoyment. It is a CW transmitter, missing. You will also find some small pins. Those
but you can convert it to AM easily, by adding a are soldered on the boards as terminals (see fig. 3
modulator. for pin placement). When you assemble the kit,
This kit contains all necessary parts and the PCB. It make sure the transistors are oriented correctly, as
is called the "BARA" described in fig. 4. Resistors are identified by their
kit, which stands for "rose" in Japanese. color code (fig. 5). You can simplify the assembly
job by pre-sorting the resistors and tacking them on
a copy of the parts list. Capacitors have their values
Circuit printed on them. For an example, a 0.01uF
capacitor reads 103, which means 10 x 10**3 or
The transmitter contains 3 stages (see block 10,000 pF. For caps smaller than 100pF, the actual
diagram in fig. 1 and schematics value may be shown instead of the coded value
in fig. 2): above. The final transistor Q3 must have a heat
sink. It is tightened to the board with a 3x10 screw,
1. Crystal Oscillator which is supplied with the kit (see fig. 6). You
A 7 MHz crystal oscillates in a Pierce-type should be able to complete the kit assembly within
oscillator circuit. 2 hours.
 2. Alignment of the Buffer stage
After you are done, place and solder the pins on the Connect the RF-probe between the collector of
PCB. You may connect an ammeter to measure the Q2 (or the base of Q3) and ground. Adjust L2 for
supply current as shown in fig. 7. Without an peak readout.
ammeter, you must wire the pins, as shown in the
dotted line in fig. 7. The transmitter will not function 3. Alignment of the Final amplifier stage
correctly, if you fail to wire the pins! Connect the RF-probe across the antenna
terminals. Adjust L3 and L4 for maximum output.
Alternatively, you may use an LED with a single coil
at L4, as shown in fig. 9. Adjust L3 and L4 for
maximum brightness.

4. Now tweak L1 and L2 again for maximum output.

Alignment
You have just completed the alignment of your
To perform the alignment procedure, you need an transmitter! Key-down and monitor the signal on a
RF-meter. Alternatively you can use a home-built good receiver. You will still detect a carrier tone
RF-probe (see fig. 8), attached to a DC voltmeter. with key up, since Q1 oscillator is free-running. This
Set the voltmeter to the lowest range during these is not a problem during a QSO.
measurements. We recommend that you use an
insulated tool for adjusting L1 and L2. Connect a 50 Note : Combine L4 and LED with one-turn coil. And
ohm / 2W load (51 ohm resistor is OK) across the adjust L3, L4 cores as LED will light brightly. After
antenna terminals. apply power and key-down the that, adjust through L1 to L4 as LED to be brightest
transmitter. It is best to monitor the supply current
while you first apply power. Any excessive current Note : Prepare the current meter for DC. If you will
is an indication of a problem in the construction. not use the meter, connect each terminals as per
dotted lines (short-circuit). Accordingly, 0.01uF
1. Alignment of the Oscillator stage condenser will be not necessary.
Connect the RF-probe between the collector of
Q1 and ground. Adjust L1 for maximum signal Note: keep wiring short (1.0-1.5"). The RF-probe
readout. wiring may be longer, provided the rectifier circuit
(fig. 8) is very close to the actual power supply to the transmitter and the antenna,
circuit. when using this transmitter in combination with a
receiver. a DPDT (double-pole double-throw)
switch, which is a two-circuit dual position switch
will do the job (see fig. 10 for details). You may
need to use a more complicated scheme to activate
the transmit, while the receiver is on (for
zero-beating). Fig. 11 shows the transmitter, as it
used with a commercial receiver. Use the MUTE
capability of a communications receiver when
transmitting. If you are using a transceiver for
reception, you may have to use the PTT to mute its
receiver. For a tube-type transceiver, just turn off
the heater to the final stage. Some solid-state
radios allow turning down power to zero. You may
also set your transceiver is a "split" mode, with
transmit out-of-band. Check with your owner's
manual, to make sure the transceiver will mute in
this configuration, when PTT is applied. If you use a
short wave receiver, you may have to turn off the
external power
while transmitting, as shown in fig. 12.

Other Applications
Enthusiasts of AM-phone may add a modulator to
this transmitter, as shown in fig. 13. Modulating this
1W transmitter is a "light" task, and can be applied

at the collector of the final transistor Q3. You can

Attaching a receiver also apply modulation to the buffer/amp stage. The
lower level signal may be obtained from a tap in the
You will need a "Standby Switch" for switching the modulation transformer. Nowadays, you may think
there aren't many AM stations on the 7 or 21 MHz
bands. You may still communicate with your AM-
phone transmitter, and if anybody complains about
"too much carrier old man", you may answer "not
really, it's an AM-phone transmitter" and enjoy the
surprise of the other operator mumbling something
like "Wow! This is my first AM-phone QSO!!!"
Note that the crystal supplied with the kit is for the
CW portion of the band. You will need to purchase
a suitable crystal to operate this transmitter on
phone. Mizuho also offers a "VFO-7" kit for the QP-
7 and QP-21 transmitters.
 QP-7,21 Parts Table
check parts id Parts QP-7 Parts QP-21 num. Reference

PIN terminal E 14 figure-3

L1,L2 Mizuho coil SL-113 Mizuho coil SL-111 2 case sielded
L3,L4 Mizuho coil SL-95 Mizuho coil SL-96 2 8mm dia coil
CH1 Mizuho SL-15 E 1 5mm dia coil
Q1 2SC945 E 1
Q2 2SC1959 E 1
Q3 2SC1957 E 1 figure-6 to install
Socket for crystal E 1 HC-25U type
Crystal1 Crystal 7025KHz Crystal 21135kHz 1 use socket
R1 22K-Ohm 1/4W E 1 red-red-org
R2,5 4.7K E 2 yel-pur-red
R3,4 1K E 2 brn-blk-red
R6 10K E 1 brn-blk-org
R7,8 100-Ohm E 2 brn-blk-brn
R9 22 E 1 red-red-blk
R10 470 E 1 yel-pur-brn
C1 capacitor 0.001uF E 1 “102”
C2,4,8, 0.01uF E 5 “103”
10,11
C3 15pF E 1 15
C5 150pF E 2 “151”
C6 68pF 33pF 1 68 or 33
C7 10uF 16V E 1 10uF
C9 15pF 39pF
C12 0.047uF 0.001uF 1 “473” or “102”
C13 330pF 47pF 2 “331” or “47”
C14 330pF 180pF
C15 180pF 150pF 1 “181” or “151”
circuit board E 1
51-ohm resistor E 1 for alignment
LED with one-turn E 1 for alignment
spacer E 2 for installation
3mm ISO bolt E 2 for installation
spring washer E 2 for installation
nut E 2 for installation
soider wire E

You can pass the authorized transmitter inspection of JARL as for 10W station
if you submit the block diagram of QP-7(21).

This manual is voluntary translated by JA-QRPers.

This is not the official documentation of MIZUHO corporation.
1998/04/22 Version 2.1 JO1ACW, JE2CDC, JN2FSE, JL1KRA (tnx to AC6AN)