Our contest celebrates and honors the QRP luminaries who no longer answer CQ's. Those generous people who graciously donated to the QRP community their time, effort and knowledge to advance the premise that more fun could be had using less than 5 watts.
It all started in May of 2007. It was Sunday about noon and FDIM 2007 was about over. We sat down and discussed FDIM 2008. Some of us took about 4 months off, others were busy finding presenters, confirming the hotel requirements and rounding up volunteers. Then close to the end of the year the whole crew went into action. We built an improved registration system for both vendors and participants, rounded up door prizes, finalized logistics and interfaced with the hotel for reservations . . .
Propagation
is a fascinating subject. It affects us all, is discussed at length on
QRP-L, but is understood by few ! Just what does that Storm graphic
mean ? That's bad isn't it ? Er, or is it good ? What about that
K-index - or should we use the A-index ? Just what do those numbers
mean anyway ?
Paul
Harden NA5N is one of those rare individuals who really understands his
subject and has a talent for explaining in a way we can all understand.
He's also a whizz at presentation. This feature is set to become a
classic, full of hints and tips - you will become your local club's
propagation guru !
The article is presented in PDF format and can be found on the Technical/Projects page.
The Executive and Managers of the QRP Amateur Radio Club International are proud to announce that the winner of the First Annual QRP-ARCI Contest Championship is Bob Patten, N4BP.
The first QRP-ARCI Contest Championship ran during the 2007 Contest Season. In this contest the entries from nine of the individual contests sponsored by QRP-ARCI were tallied to give a total standing for all of 2007. To be eligible, an operator needed to enter at least three eligible contests, and their top five finishes would be considered for their QCC Score.
The Winter 2008 issue of QQ features part one of a great design by Paul Alexander, WB9IPA. Unfortunately the article, entitled A Phasing Type Transceiver for the 60 Meter Band, suffered some kind of technical glitch and a few of the schematics are difficult to read.
Non-members can ensure they receive QRP Quarterly by subscribing using the form in the right hand column of the homepage. Back issues of the QRP Quarterly Winter 2008 are available featuring part 1.
Members of QRP ARCI have a wide range of ham related interests. There are homebrewers, contestors, award hunters . . . well you name it, we probably have a member who does it.
We have a section in the QRP Links area where we feature the home pages of QRP ARCI members. If you have a homepage that we can include in the links, please let us know about it.
One member who did just that is Jake N0LX. He enjoys operating outdoors and his website contains some stunning photos of his trips. You can get to his website via the Members Homepages section of QRP Links.
Need some help or just want to chat with like minded hams ?
Our QRP Links section contains a list of some of the most popular forums and mailings lists for QRPers. To start with try our own QRP-F forum on this website. Subscribe to QRP-L and the GQRP Yahoo group. Then pick a couple of specialist mailing lists to cover your own areas of interest.
New member, new callsign or just need a replacement ?
Now you can print your own QRP ARCI Membership Certificate. Designed by Tom Owens WB5KHC, the certificate is produced dynamically in PDF format. If you know an ARCI member who is not online, print a copy with their own details and present it to them at the next meeting of your local club !
Our contest celebrates and honors the QRP luminaries who no longer answer CQ's. Those generous people who graciously donated to the QRP community their time, effort and knowledge to advance the premise that more fun could be had using less than 5 watts.
The Executive and Managers of the QRP Amateur Radio Club International are proud to announce that the winner of the First Annual QRP-ARCI Contest Championship is Bob Patten, N4BP.
The Winter 2008 issue of QQ features part one of a great design by Paul Alexander, WB9IPA. Unfortunately the article, entitled 
Members of QRP ARCI have a wide range of ham related interests. There are homebrewers, contestors, award hunters . . . well you name it, we probably have a member who does it.
Need some help or just want to chat with like minded hams ?
