The Michigan QRP Club will be running their Memorial Day Sprint on Monday 27 May 2013.

Start time is 2300z and it runs for 4 hours.

There are 4 classes for different power levels and bonus points available for those using homebrew equipment.

Further details can be found at the MI QRP webpage

Four Days In May (FDIM) - the biggest and best QRP event in the World !
Held each May, it starts the day before the famous Hamvention in Dayton, Ohio and runs for 4 days

FDIM 2014 was a great success - attendance at the seminars broke all previous records.

Congratulations to the new QRP Hall Of Fame inductees -

• Ed Hare, W1RFI
• David Cripe, NM0S
• Zack Lau, W1VT

A full review was published in the Summer 2014 issue of QRP Quarterly magazine.

The seminars were streamed live on the internet. Raw footage can be found on uStream.
We will be editing higher quality versions, the videos will be uploaded to YouTube later in 2014.

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FDIM 2013 - at the Holiday Inn, Fairborn OH
Thursday 16 May - Sunday 19 May 2013

FDIM is the annual convention of QRP ARCI. A four day event with seminars, a banquet, a Buildathon, competitions, trade stands, QRP Club tables and much more. The Dayton Hamvention is just a short bus ride away.

Seminar speakers -

Visit the FDIM page for full information !

Registration starts on Wednesday evening (15 May). There will be Seminars from 8am to 4.30pm on Thursday followed by the Buildathon. Ten-Tec will make a presentation at 7pm and Vendors Evening starts at 8pm. On Friday we run buses to the Dayton Hamvention and in the evening there will be a fun event with games, socialising and QRP club tables. Saturday will have more buses to take visitors to the Hamvention. FDIM ends with the QRP Grand Banquet on Saturday evening.

Book for the Seminar online and you will be entered into the draw to win a Ten-Tec Argonaut VI transceiver worth $995 ! The draw and prize presentation will take place during one of the seminar sessions on Thursday

A raffle will be drawn in the Grand Banquet
on Saturday to win an Elecraft KX3
 

For further information go to the FDIM page or use the FDIM button in the top menu

QRP Hall of Fame

The time has come to call for nominations for election to the QRP ARCI 'QRP Hall of Fame'.

You can submit either postal or email nominations but they must include the following information -

Name & Call of person nominated
Name & Call of person making the nomination

A full description of why you think your nominee should be in the QRP Hall of Fame (HOF) is needed.

The closing date for nominations is 1st March 2013

Saturday 9 March 2013, 1500z - 1800z

Closing date for entries was 23 March 2013

The results can be found - here

This is a unique and fun QRP ARCI contest where the Multipliers are each different 4 digit Grid Square and not the usual State/Province/Country. Instead of sending your SPC you send your 4 digit Grid Square. With 100’s of grids available on each continent - how many can you work?

Saturday 6 April 2013, 1200z - Sunday 7 April 2013, 2359z

This is one of the “Big Ones” !

Closing date for entries was Sunday 21st April 2013.

The results can be found - here

The Spring QSO Party and the Fall QSO Party are the two most popular QRP ARCI Contests. This contest is also a very good way for you to increase your QSO totals if you are involved with the 2013 QRP ARCI operating event known as 'The QRP Challenge' where the goal is to work at least 100 QRP ARCI club members to qualify for The BIG 13 Award. You can also use the Spring QSO Party to increase your QRP totals for various QRP ARCI Awards.  Or you can just get on the air and have some fun whether you’re a serious competitor or a casual participant the Spring QSO Party is for you !

You can enter as an all band, single band, high band or low band station and then pick the antenna and power category that matches your personal setup and compete with similar equipped stations around the country and around the world.

Read the complete rules and send in an entry

Saturday 25 May 2013
2000 - 2359 Local Time !

Closing date for entries was 9 June 2013

The Hoot Owl Sprint is a unique QRP ARCI contest because it is held on Saturday night at 8 pm in your “local” time zone and not UTC.

Each year QRP ARCI organises an operating event known as 'The QRP Challenge'.

In 2013 the challenge is to work at least 100 QRP ARCI club members to qualify for The BIG 13 Award.

There was a time, in the 60s and 70s, when QRP ARCI members were working each other on QRP and exchanging membership numbers. In fact, some of the early issues of the QRP Quarterly were filled with reports from members showing achievements working other members – tracking their totals.

You may (in fact, are encouraged) to work members multiple times even though only the first contact in 2013 will count. Numbers exchanged during QRP ARCI contests will of course count toward your totals.  You'll also be asked for the name of your favorite local, regional, or international QRP club (if you have one) and special recognition will go to those clubs who turn out the greatest number of members playing.
 

QRP ARCI is committed to the promotion of QRP and the support of QRP clubs, groups and manufacturers.

In the 2012 Indiana QSO Party we sponsored a plaque for the top QRP score outside Indiana.

The winner was Jerry Fiore N4JF.

Thursday 16 May 2013
7.00pm - 8.00pm

At FDIM 2012 Ten-Tec were at our Vendor Evening with a prototype of the Argonaut VI. The radio is now in production and is destined to become a classic.

In this presentation Jim Wharton NO4A will talk about the Ten-Tec Argonaut VI and the Model 418 companion 100 Watt amplifier. Jim is the Ten-Tec Vice-President and a long time member of QRP ARCI.

Ten-Tec will use FDIM as a platform to announce a new product in their ever expanding range of ham radio equipment . . .

Sorry - the closing date for entries was 20th January 2013.

The results can be found - here

This short 3 hour event was especially designed to encourage activity from those with crystal bound homebrew and kit rigs.

Sorry - the closing date for entries was 10 February 2013.

The results can be found - here

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