This short CW sprint runs from 1500Z to 1800Z on Saturday March 13th 2010.

This contest is now in its' fourth year and is proving very popular. If you operate in the event please send in an entry to show support. All entries must be in by 13th April 2010.



Unsure about Grid Squares ?

Don't worry - it's just a way of locating your position on the planet using a 6 character code. They have been used for years by VHF/UHF DXers, now grid locators are being exchanged on the HF bands too. For our purposes we will be exchanging just the first 4 characters (e.g. FN02). In the USA this equates to a roughly rectangular area 70 miles by 100 miles. Steve Ford WB8IMY wrote an excellent article explaining locators in the April 1994 issue of QST. There is also a good explanation on Wikipedia.

If you know your latitude and longitude then you can easily work out your grid square using either the ARRL or AMSAT calculators.

Here's the easiest way of all - there's a really great propagation prediction program called VOACAP. Go to their QTH Locator web page, it shows Scandinavia by default. Drag the map over to your location and zoom right in. You will find your latitude, longitude and grid locator displayed on the right hand side of the page. Great stuff !

Any questions should be directed to the QRP ARCI Contest Manager Jeff Hetherington VA3JFF (pictured above).

Did you know that you can get a contest entry form, logsheets and dupe checking sheets from the Downloads section of this website ?

Click on 'Read more' to get the rules

The latest issue of QRP Quarterly was mailed the week starting 25 January 2010

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   In this issue -

 

    Diode Ring Mixer Performance
         - Wes Hayward, W7ZOI

    Quickie Milli-Ohmmeter
         - Joe Everhart, N2CX

    External Leakage Field of Toroid and
    Solenoid Inductors
         - Jack Smith, K8ZOA

    WSPR, SDR and QRP
         - Preston Douglas, WJ2V

    A Frequency Counter Project (Pt 2)
         - Diz Gentzow, W8DIZ
   

 

Self-contained Software Defined Radio - Ward Harriman, AE6TY
       (extra content is available online - click here ! )

A listing of QRP Kits - John King, W5IDA (ex-KB3WK)

CQWW CW 2009 - Bill Kelsey, N8ET

QRP Contests - Jeff Hetherington, VA3JFF

VHF QRP - Bob Witte, K0NR

    and many more including GM3OXX, WA8MCQ, G0XAR, W2SH,  WD9EYB, W3TS 

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If you ever wanted to get into digital communications but thought setting up all those interfaces was too much trouble, try watching this video.

Randy K7AGE shows just how easy it is to receive PSK31 with a ham receiver, a PC and a cheap PC microphone.

Pictured here are schoolteacher Vineeta Mathur VU3DXX (left) and DXer K. Leela Krishna VU3LGX (above)



For more information see the report on the GQRP website

Look out for these super quality hardwood plaques to adorn your shack wall. Various designs are available - our favorite is this one featuring the QRP ARCI logo. Details on the Ham Plaques website.