What is project mercury?

Several Amateur Radio enthusiasts that are involved with emergency services have come up with some very useful portable radio, or radio assembly as we call it, designs. It is our goal with this project to present as many designs both advanced and simple to the HAM community. We’d like to invite you to submit your radio assembly designs and images so they can be shared with the public or browse the designs we have so you can come up with ideas for your own future projects.

We have come up with two independent "radio assemblies" that we'd like to share with the world and hopefully open up a way for other radio operators to get information and ideas from a central website on building their own creations. We'd love it if you would join our quest and let us know if you'd like us to post and help document your creation for the entire world to see and benefit from.

Feel free to copy/steal our designs as you will, just remember where they came from, that's all we ask.

Why be prepared?

Whether you are part of the civil service, military or just an ordinary citizen it pays to be prepared in the likely event of an emergency. It is impossible to predict natural or man made disasters with any degree of certainty, as a result we ought to be prepared at all times to assist our friends, families, neighbors and strangers to get the relief and help they may need in case of disaster.

It is our goal to present as many ways to be prepared in both the Amateur Radio and civil world all in one place to make your preparedness an easy and effective experience. We've searched long and hard on the Internet for emergency radio kits and schematics and unfortunately have been disappointed with the results. Here you'll find designs both complex and simple that can be copied depending on your skill level to assist you in building a tool that could save a life or lives one day.

Why did you name it the "Mercury" Project?

Mercury is the Roman mythological god of communication.

Find us on Google Groups

Be sure to check out our Google Group at: the Mercury Project