Our BIG 13 Award is offered to anyone
working 100 QRP ARCI members in 2013

We are pleased to announce that the first BIG 13
has been awarded to Brian Campbell VE3MGY.
Congratulations Brian !

The award encourages members to seek out and work other QRP ARCI members - regular QSOs and contests both count

Details of the BIG 13 can be found in the QRP Operating section

Three people were inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame at the FDIM Banquet on Saturday 18 May 2013.

They are -

• Craig Johnson, AA0ZZ
• Dan Tayloe, N7VE
• Drew Diamond, VK3XU

Congratulations to all of them and thanks to those people who sent in nominations.

We will have a feature published soon to tell you more about the new inductees.

The results of the 2013 Spring QSO Party are now available - here

In the A1 AB category Brian, VE3MGY, beat Arn Olean, K0ZK, by a fairly close margin with Arn having 3 more mults but 64 less points. In the A1 HighBand category Chuck Stroud, KA8HDE took the top honors while Duaine Demus, KA6AIL took the top spot in the SB15 category.  In the SB20 category Phil Graitcer, W3HZZ, took the lead with the high score while Paul Kirley, W8TM worked 44 stations while running 4 watts to lead the SB40 section.

In the A2 category the AB winner was John Laney, K4BAI, with 278,656 points. Not to be out done Bob Patten, N4BP, took the top honors in the A2 HighBand category with 356,846 points. In the A2 SB20 category Don Calbick was unchallenged in his SB20 effort and made 40 QSO’s. A full report will be presented in the Summer edition of QQ.

Congratulations to all !!

QRP ARCI announces the publication of a new book - "The Best of Idea Exchange"

This will quickly become a needed information source for your work bench. The content is drawn from 20 years of the Idea Exchange in past QRP Quarterly magazines.

There are 138 pages of useful information divided into seven sections -

1. Components
2. Circuit Design
3. Test & Measurement
4. Tools & Techniques
5. Repairs & Modifications
6. Antennas
7. Miscellaneous Ideas

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