Check this out. I worked a station today in Oregon with only 1/2 watt – on 20 meters in SSB mode.
Bad News: I forgot to push the Record button on my camera so I have no video!
Good News: I recorded the audio… so it DID happen and I can prove it…
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OHR 100A QRP RADIO BUILD- PART 3
I’m in the home stretch of my OHR 100A 40m radio build. I’ve finished populating the board with all components.
The next step is to mount the board in the chassis and solder the wires to the knobs on the front panel. Then, comes the final step… alignment.
I expect to finish this weekend and take it for a spin. More later…
Portable Digital QRP Demo
I take advantage of the CQ Worldwide DX Contest – RTTY Mode, to show my portable digital QRP station.
In this video, with only 5 watts, I work Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Colorado, Morocco, and Croatia.
Yes, QRP does work!
OHR 100A QRP Radio Build- Part 2
I’ve got most of the (many!) capacitors installed, along with the crystals, etc. The kit is coming along nicely and I’m enjoying it.
My friend Doug Miller (W4DML) says. “Soldering is Therapy.” I think there’s some truth to that. When you’re soldering, you’re concentrating so much on what you’re doing that any other thoughts are pushed out of your head. So, anything that’s bothering you goes away when building something.
Handling any object (like a soldering iron) that is 700 degrees Fahrenheit will cause one to concentrate – or suffer the consequences.
OHR 100A QRP Radio Build – Part 1
I bought the 40m version of the OHR 100A QRP radio last year and it’s been sitting in the box waiting for me to build it. It’s time.
There’s something about the season changing to Fall that makes me want to build a kit. I guess I think of Fall and Winter as being the time of year to do my hamming indoors.
I’ll build this slowly over the next week or so as time allows. I’m not in a rush – but it’s good to have finally inventoried and sorted the parts. Now, if I can just keep the cats out of the room…
QRP bike ride…
One of my favorite things to do in ham radio is to take a QRP rig with me on a bike ride. I’ve got several places where I go on my bicycle and set up a station.
This evening, I rode to one of my favorite spots and worked K2H (VA) and N4LB (TX) before packing it back up and heading home.
I used my Elecraft KX3 with a Sotabeams 20m/40m linked dipole antenna.
My bike with a portable camp chair and my radio gear stuffed into a pannier.
Here’s what it looked like after setup. The antenna was hoisted up into a tree and tied off to the handlebars of my bike. The KX3 has a Begali Adventure attached… what a fun combo!
Why QRP Works
Do you think life is too short for QRP? Then you don’t understand the math!
Cutting your power by a factor of 4 only causes a decrease of 1 S-Unit for the receiving station…