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

The latest issue of QRP Quarterly will start to hit mailboxes in the last week of October 2008.

This is a great magazine ! There's a feature from Phil Harman VK6APH on Phasing Techniques in Software Defined Radios. Ade Weiss W0RSP describes his Z-Pole antenna for 30/40m. G3ROO and G4GXO present their Remote Aerial Matching Unit (RAMU) and Harold Smith KE6TI has a design for a Six-meter SSB Transceiver.

All this from just five authors - a further 21 contributors are listed on the contents page !



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Russ Ruby W7AU (QRP ARCI #13127) was rescued after breaking his leg in the Cascade Mountains, WA.

Russ slipped and was injured near Buck Creek Pass on 21 September 2008. He had the presence of mind to set up his tent and change into warm clothing before calling for help on 40m CW using his Elecraft K1 transceiver.

His signal was heard 600 miles away in Bozeman, Montana by Bob Williams N7ODM. Details were passed to local authorities but Russ had to spend the night in the wilderness before being evacuated from the site at 10.30am the following day.

A new website to learn and practice Morse telegraphy has been launched - Learn CW Online

There are already hundreds of training programs, MP3/CD courses and practice aids available, but LCWO follows a radically different concept: While sticking to well-proven methods for learning and practice, all you need for using LCWO is a web browser!

This gives the user the liberty to practice CW wherever an internet connection is available, always retaining the personal settings, scores and statistics.

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.

Operating in the great outdoors is fun. Even in winter events like FYBO and the Polar Bears PBMME see dozens of hams braving the elements and trying to master CW with frozen fingers. But how do you log those contacts when it's raining ? Ever tried writing in a notebook that's turning into mush ?

Well, Andrew Kabasakalian WB2WZC has the answer. At QRP ARCI we have tested his waterproof logbooks in pouring rain - they work ! Simple as that.

Want a new way to have some QRP fun? Think about introducing yourself to the Straight Key Century Club (SKCC). There is even an SKCC QRP award!

SKCC is a rapidly growing organization that promotes the use of CW sent with a straight key. The group promotes the spirit of Straight Key Night year round. As of 24 November 2007, SKCC has 3,679 members.

In addition to having just plain fun in members working other like-minded hams with old fashioned J-38's, Vibroplex bugs, and other manual implements of CW generation, the Club sponsors achievement awards and operating events and contests . . .

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.

The announcement took even the loyal and supportive Elecraft community by surprise. The new 160m - 6m software defined rig will be available in July with a price starting at $1399 for the 10 watt 'kit' version. The K3 will be sold either factory assembled or as a 'modular no-soldering kit'.

More details can be found on the K3 FAQ webpage and in the K3 Data Sheet PDF.