2012 QRP ARCI Winter Fireside SSB Sprint
2000z - 2359z on Sunday 29th January 2012
Please send in a log !
Closing date for entries is 12 February 2012.
Don't forget to include Soapbox Comments and photos. The results will be listed here a few days after the closing date and a full report will be featured in the Spring 2012 issue of QRP Quarterly.
Rules below . . .
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The latest 64 page issue of QRP Quarterly was mailed on 25th January 2012
This is another great issue !
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In this issue -
A 17m SSB Transceiver (Pt 2)
- Pete Juliano, N6QW
A 5 Tube 20m SSB Transceiver
- Giovanni Berenati, IW9ARO
Youkits HB-1B 4 Band
Transceiver Review
- T.J. "Skip" Arey, N2EI
PC Board Construction 101
- Chuck Adams, K7QO
162 Countries on a 10 Foot Whip
- Paul Signorelli, W0RW
Return of the Dual Gate MOSFET (Part 1) - Pete Juliano, N6QW
Quickie Portable Operating Desk - N2CX
Elongated Loops vs. Flat Dipole - KM2KM
A Notebook QRP Station - WB2QLL
QRP Contests - Jim Rodenkirch, K9JWN
and many more including WA8MCQ, K9AY, N0KSF, G0NMD, W2SH, KC0ZNG . . .
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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 !
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The article is presented in PDF format - click here
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Pet Rock Sprint 2012 QSO Results
A good event this year with 22 entrants.
The overall winner was John Laney, K4BAI who scored over 59,220 points with his FT1000.
A certificate goes to Larry Card, W9CC who headed up the 40m single band category with his K3.
Congratulations to Philip Schweitzer, K0CD who gets a certificate for his winning 20m single band entry using his SW-20 with just 900mW !
A full report will appear in QRP Quarterly (Spring 2012 issue)
Click here for the full result sheet - winners of specific categories are highlighted in yellow.
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Available now - the new QRP ARCI lapel pin !
Just $6 each postpaid
or buy one for your QRP buddies
5 pins for $25 !
Send payment by Paypal to - toystore @ qrparci.org
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We’d like to thank all those who played in the QRP ARCI Jubilee event in 2011.
It was an overwhelming success because you participated. Rod Hotz K5BGB was the first person to work K6JSS in all 50 states. Rod said - "
When I worked TN for #50,I’ll swear I was almost as excited as I was back in June 1955 when I made my first contact on 80 cw as KN5BGB !". Rod and eight others who completed their Jubilee W.A.S. are being awarded a 2012 ARRL Handbook as a reward.
In addition to QSL cards for the event which may still be obtained by sending to the QRZ.COM address, you may send in your log to earn the certificate for working all states. You may also earn it for working 40, 30 or even 20 states where the station you worked was K6JSS/x, with x being the district of the state worked. Your level will be indicated on the certificate itself.
If you would like an award certificate, please send a log extract showing contacts with all the states you worked to Craig Behrens, NM4T, at 222 Dupree Drive, Huntsville, AL 35806 before February 29, 2012.
Your log should show all the basic information of state, call, date, time, band, mode and both RSTs.
You need to indicate to us IF you used entirely QRP which is recognized worldwide as 5 watts CW/Digital and 10 watts PEP SSB. However, you did not have to use QRP for all contacts to earn the award. You do not need to include the name/home calls of the operators you worked. A nice log sheet for this purpose may be found at http://www.warac.org/events/was/waslogsheet.pdf Thanks to the West Allis Wisconsin club for hosting this info.
The award is free but if you wish to include a dollar to offset postage that would be appreciated.
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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.
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