various qrp projects

[Greg Doughty]

Hello to all!! I am beginning the qrp cw journey and would like to know where
to begin. I have the rigs and have built a rockmite 20 but need to find
resources for things like qrp swr meter. Is there a group and magazine or
other things that support the qrper?

Thanks

73
Greg
ki4...@arrl.net

[JOE]

Good grief. Have you even TRIED looking? Type 'qrp' into
google and see what you find. Plan on lots of time sorting
through the THOUSANDS of useful links.

You'll get a lot more out of your 'journey' if you take some time
to put a little effort into it.

"Greg Doughty" <nighto...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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[Leon Heller]

"Greg Doughty" <nighto...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> Hello to all!! I am beginning the qrp cw journey and would like to know
where
> to begin. I have the rigs and have built a rockmite 20 but need to find
> resources for things like qrp swr meter. Is there a group and magazine or
> other things that support the qrper?

QRP-L and G-QRP

73, Leon

[Brian]

Greg,

In my opinion, the best QRP Group is QRP-ARCI. You can check them out at
http://www.qrparci.org

They publish a very nice quarterly magazine called the QRP Quarterly, and
unlike a lot of other club journals, it's usually published on time.

For a neat SWR meter, check out the NoGA QRP group from Northern Georgia.
http://www.nogaqrp.org/ They have a neat little SWR/PWR meter kit they
sell, or used to sell.

The QRP ARCI page has about 100 links to other QRP clubs all over the world.
You won't have a hard time finding info there.

73

"Greg Doughty" <nighto...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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[Dan]

Groups and Magazines - Here's two to start with:

QRP Amateur Radio Club International - QRP Quarterly Magazine
http://www.qrparci.org

American QRP Club - QRP Homebrewer Magazine
http://www.amqrp.org

73, Dan

nighto...@aol.comnojunk (Greg Doughty) wrote in message news:<20040602214216...@mb-m28.aol.com>...

[Greg]

Thank you for all the suggestions. The qrp groups are what I have
been looking for. To one of the previous posters, I find that part of
research is asking questions and what better place than a group that
has experience in homebrew. I had done my research prior: google,
local vhf net, hf. I was wondering if there were more obscure groups
that deal with qrp and some people helped me out. I hope other hams
that are interested in getiing into the fundamentals of amateur radio
are not "welcomed" in the same way. As qrp is on the upswing of
popularity, more and more people interested in homebrewing will be
asking questions.

Thanks again for the help. One day I may be able to return the favor.

[xpyttl]

"Greg Doughty" <nighto...@aol.comnojunk> wrote in message
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> Is there a group and magazine or
> other things that support the qrper?

Greg

*The* online group is QRP-L at qth.net. Be aware that this is a pretty busy
reflector, however. Thereis also a QRP reflector at qth which is very low
key.

Someone mentioned ARCI, which is a very good organization. There are two
other big QRP groups. The American QRP club (www.amqrp.org) tends to be a
little more focused on homebrewing than ARCI. AmQRP is more like an
association of clubs. They were formed by the merger of NorCal and NJQRP,
but work with a half-dozen regional clubs to produce kits and conferences.
Their magazine, Homebrewer, is a little better than QQ in my opinion (maybe
because I'm more into melting solder). The G-QRP club is another great
organization. They publish a magazine called Sprat which has been around
forever it seems. Personally, I'm not as big a fan of Sprat because they
tend to use a lot of parts in their designs which are harder to get on this
side of the pond, but on the other hand, if you are on the G-land side of
the pond, those are probably easier to get. They have produced a number of
kits, many of which are available from Kanga U.S. on this side of the pond.
The DL-QRP club also has a number of kits. Theirs seem to be a little more
"polished" than the G-QRP kits which are pretty different.

Besides these three biggies, there are perhaps a dozen other clubs that
publish online and/or offer kits. The Flying Pigs QRP club is more about
kits and contests than publications. Someone mentioned the North Georgia
QRP club, which has that neat SWR/Power meter. The Arizona ScQRPions
currently has a neat paddle kit. Seems like there are several others which
escape me at the moment.

ARCI runs a big conference in conjunction with the Dayton hamfest every year
which is a wonderful place to learn, get parts, and meet other QRPers.
AmQRP supports a handful of conferences, including Atlanticon and Pacificon
in the spring, Ozarkcon just passed, and Lobstercon coming up. The
ScQRPions are running a conference near Flagstaff around the first of July.
G-QRP runs conferences in England and Ireland, too, but they seem to be
somewhat more erratic than the ones in the states. DL-QRP also runs an
annual conference.

So yeah, plenty of resources, and an amazingly friendly bunch as well.

..

[Bill]

Huh...I didn't realize AmQRP was still around.

Are they still doing a newsletter?

I'll go check out the site.

wk...@yahoo.com (Dan) wrote in message news:<f25f619b.04060...@posting.google.com>...

[Bill]

Huh...I didn't realize AmQRP was still around.

Are they still doing a newsletter?

I'll go check out the site.

wk...@yahoo.com (Dan) wrote in message news:<f25f619b.04060...@posting.google.com>...

[Brian]

Visit http://www.fpqrp.com for more information on the Flying Pigs QRP Club
International.

They used to publish a pretty decent monthly newsletter in PDF form, it's
free.

This club is pretty laid back, they have an email reflector but be warned,
it's likely to carry a lot of friendly conversation among the technical
posts. However, you won't get flamed for asking a technical question...no
matter how simple it may be.

They have no dues, no rules, no regular meetings...the Flying Pigs are more
like a state of mind.

The Flying Pigs QRP Club International has sponsored, along with the
Northern Georgia QRP Club (NoGA), the annual "Buildathon" event at FDIM
during Dayton for the last three years in a row. Some very NICE homebrew
devices have come from those Buildathons....freq counters, SWR/PWR meters,
Freq Standards...etc

If you want a fun place to hang out and a great group of hams to hang with,
join the Flying Pigs QRP Club International. We even have a club beer mug!

72

"xpyttl" <xpyttl...@earthling.net> wrote in message
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[Per-Ake Andersson]

In article <20040602214216...@mb-m28.aol.com>,
nighto...@aol.comnojunk (Greg Doughty) wrote:

SWR
http://www.njqrp.org/qhbextra/3/3i.html
http://www.geocities.jp/ja6hic/soku/swr/swr.html
http://www.qsl.net/mnqrp/swr.htm
http://www.g4wif.fsnet.co.uk/q_tech15.htm

With LED-indicator
http://ua70.faithweb.com/cgi-bin/i/minipig/qrp-tune.jpg

Home brew
http://www.qsl.net/yo5ofh/projects/ham%20radio%20projects.htm
http://www.alphalink.com.au/~parkerp/vxo.gif
http://members.fortunecity.com/xe1bef/projects.htm
http://www.intio.or.jp/jf10zl/
http://noname.cmpe.ubc.ca/pierre/hbradios.htm

Home Brew (more then qrp):
http://hem2.passagen.se/sm0vpo/
http://www.circuitsage.com/
http://www.antentop.bel.ru/
http://www.rason.org/Projects/projects.htm
http://homepage.eircom.net/~ei9gq/index.html
http://www.qrp.pops.net/
Software:
http://www.btinternet.com/~g4fgq.regp/page3.html#S301%22

Forum:
http://www.e-discounter.net/qrparci/
http://listserv.lehigh.edu/lists/Archives/qrp-l/subject.html

Links to QRP:
http://www.amqrp.org/misc/links.html
http://www.qsl.net/ok1dpx/favorites/favorites.htm
http://www.k1dwu.net/ham-links/qrp.phtml
http://www.qsl.net/ve6bpr/
http://www.directory.net/Recreation/Radio/Amateur/Homebrew/
http://members.fortunecity.com/xe1bef/projects.htm
http://www.qrpworld.com/qrplinks.htm
http://www.ac6v.com/

/Per-Ake

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