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CW Practice / Rag Chew
开云体育My next CW practice / rag chew session will be on Saturday 15 March on 20 meters at 09:00 EDT, 13:00 UTC. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW by getting on the air. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - 20 March Time - 09:00 EDT 13:00 UTC Band - 20 Meters How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO. Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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? FS: LNR PRECISION MTR 4B-V2.3
I am selling my MTR 4B-V2.3 Transceiver. Great condition.?? These rigs are very rare. Only used while indoors, in a dry, climate-controlled, non-smoking environment. Great rig for QRP/P, Travel, SOTA. Features & Specs:?
$400 Includes:
Terms:
73, Jay W6CJ |
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Call for articles for April 2025 issue of the BBQ
Gang,
I am requesting your input for the April 2025 issue of the BBQ. Please send your submissions to editor@... Your articles can be about outings you've had, projects you're working on, antennas, SOTA/POTA/WWFF adventures, and just about anything amateur radio related with a slant toward QRP. The cutoff date for articles is Monday, April 7th. I look forward to receiving your articles and thanks for your input! O. Alan Jones N8WQ BBQ Editor FP #4371 |
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40m Slow Code Sprint tonight! Walk for the Bacon!
开云体育Remember - DST starts on March 9th UTC offset will change in the US.40m Walk for the Bacon Slow Code Sprint - TONIGHT Evening of Wednesday March 5th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 40m 7050 Khz to 7065 Khz. Evening of Thursday March 6th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 40m 7110 to 7115 Khz. de KB9BVN Brian FP -57 -- 72 de KB9BVN |
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Call for Articles for QRP Quarterly
开云体育Gang it's about time to start wrapping up the April issue of the QRP Quarterly.? We could always use a few more articles.If you have a write up for the QQ...please send it to editor@...? and put QRP Quarterly in the Subject line. What outings have you been on?? What's you latest kit build? Scratch build? Has your club done something we all need to know about? Your QRP Quarterly is made possible by article submissions from the membership and other QRPers.? Thank you all! Our Editor Mike Malone KD5KXF would be glad to help you if you need some help with an article.? de KB9BVN Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN |
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Flying Pigs QRP Sprints for March
开云体育Remember - DST starts on March 9th UTC offset will change in the US.40m Walk for the Bacon Slow Code Sprint - THIS WEEK! Evening of Wednesday March 5th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 40m 7050 Khz to 7065 Khz. Evening of Thursday March 6th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 40m 7110 to 7115 Khz. Run for the Bacon Sprint March 16th - Run for the Bacon CW Sprint (2 Hours) 23:00Z to 01:00Z Use the Auto logger. See: 20m Walk for the Bacon Slow code Sprint Evening of Wednesday March 19th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Thursday March 20th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. See: 72 es OO de KB9BVN Brian FP -57 -- 72 de KB9BVN |
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Re: QRPGuys are back taking orders and shipping
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Re: Monthly Reminder
开云体育It's perfectly fine to renew any time you want.?? Cut off for the April 2025 issue is renew by March 10th if you expired with the January 2025 issue.de KB9BVN Brian Murrey On 3/2/2025 9:44 AM, Randy K7RAN via
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CW Practice / Rag Chew
开云体育On 3/01/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on 20 meters. I worked four stations:
Conditions were OK. SSN = 104, SFI = 155, A = 32, K = 4. I worked K4XNY, John. It was his first CW QSO. Now that’s what it is all about! My next CW practice will be in a couple of weeks because I will be off the air. Anyone is welcome. This practice is intended for operators who are new to CW or they need some practice. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR YOUR CW IS. Mistakes are OK. Poor fists are OK. Slow speed is OK. Really slow speed is OK. This practice is meant for you to improve your CW. I will do my best to adjust to your skill level. Operate at any power level. If several stations show up, I will operate as a round-table control station. I will do it as a round-table so everyone gets a chance to transmit. Please listen to my directions. Details: Date - TBD Time - TBD Band - TBD How to find me - I will find a clear frequency and call CQ. Go to the Reverse Beacon Network and search for my call sign AB8DF. That will tell you what frequency I am on. Tune your station to that frequency and if you hear me give me a call. If there is a QSO in progress, please wait for a break in the action. Then send your callsign. If I hear you, I will invite you to join the QSO and start a round-table QSO. Reply to this email if you have questions. IT DOES NOT MATTER HOW POOR CW IS Ed AB8DF |
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Monthly Reminder
开云体育Monthly Reminder: The QQ is published in January, April, July, and OctoberThe next issue is April 2025 and will be mailed around the middle of April.? Check your subscription status at All "Four Days in May" information can be found at If you wish to submit an article for publication, having it to the editor@... by the 10th of the preceding month will almost guarantee you make the cutoff. The sooner you send it in the better. if you need some extra time, send email to editor@... and work it out. Articles can be in .DOC, .DOCX, .PDF QRPARCI membership is forever, if you are an active member that means you subscribe to the QQ. If you do not subscribe but you have an ARCI number you are considered an inactive member, which means you don't subscribe to the QQ. If your sub expires with the July Issue, you need to renew (pay) by no later than September 10th in order to keep getting issues without missing one. If your sub expires with the October Issue, you need to renew (pay) by no later than December 10th in order to keep getting issues without missing one. If your sub expires with the January Issue, you need to renew (pay) by no later than March 10th in order to keep getting issues without missing one. If your sub expires with the April Issue, you need to renew (pay) by no later than June 10th in order to keep getting issues without missing one. When you renew or subscribe, you get the NEXT FOUR ISSUES. QRPARCI does not fill your subscription with back issues. Back Issues MIGHT be available on a per copy basis for a fee from the Toystore.? QRPARCI doesn't print many more than we have subs for, it's expensive, so if you want a back issue, do not delay in ordering it from the Toystore.? Instead of the back issues, you could buy a QQ DVD with ALL the issues since time began, or with the last 20 years only.? The DVD is updated with every single issue.? So if you missed the last issue, buy the DVD and it'll be on there. QRP-ARCI does not sell or rent our membership email list. You can check your membership status and QRP Quarterly Expiration date at If you have questions about your membership status, address changes, callsign changes, contact membership@... If you have questions about subscription issues, contact president@... If the website is failing you, please send email to webmaster@... The staff at QRPARCI will bend over backwards to get you happy, but keep in mind, they have real jobs, and they do this for you in their spare time, and without compensation.? So if you send in an email, don't be concerned if it takes a few days to hear back from them. If you are interested in being a staff volunteer, please contact president@... Here's to great DX and lots of QRP fun! de KB9BVN Membership Manager Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN |
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?? MTR 4Bv2 & ZM-2 For Sale
LNR Precision MTR4B-v2 QRP 4-band Transceiver $350 ? Emtech Z-Match ZM2 antenna tuner -? Factory assembled. BNC connectors $90 Both are in great condition, used only indoors, and not used much.? Non-smoking and clean environment. Send me a PM if you are interested. Cash.?? Local pickup only.?? Near Pasadena, CA. 73, Jay W6CJ |
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MI QRP Weekly Zoom Chat
开云体育We had nine folks join the MI QRP Zoom Chat on 27 February. Please join us Thursday March 06 (and every Thursday) at 4PM Eastern for the Michigan QRP Club weekly QRP Chat where the main topics will be QRP and other ham interests. New hams are encouraged to participate and ask questions. It's fun, it's easy, and it's free. You only need a computer, a smart phone, or a tablet that can connect to the Internet. OR if you can't be close to any of those you can join by audio with any standard phone. Just follow the directions below. No software needs be loaded or installed. Anyone can join and non members are welcome. Details are here: The topic for Thursday, 06 March will be AN OPEN FOURM. Pete WK8S Ed AB8DF Ernie W3ETE Casey KC9IH Larry AC8YE Dave N8SBE Frank KB4VU Stuart M0SGV Dick W4PID Dick, W4PID is new to the chat. He has some QRP Labs kits and wanted to know how to repair and replace surface mount parts. We talked about heat guns and using Chip Quik. Pete likes to use the Flux gel and Dave likes his desoldering Hako gun. Ed showed some slides he put together asking the question: SHOULD MY SHACK COMPUTER BE A RASPBERRY PI? ? Ernie asked if Ed had an old windows machine? He installed linux on an old computer. There is a suite of linux ham software available.? Dave said that there is a Linux hams shack podcast. There are no good contesting SW for Linux. SD cards wear out. Dave having problems getting 5G working on his older PI. He also uses a newer a mini PC with w11 under $200. Uses an Android table for POTA logging. Larry says that the PI 5 can use an off board storage dive / SSD to get around the SD card limitation. MS is dropping support for Windows 10 in October. He does POTA off his pickup tuck tailgate. Frank has built a couple QRP Labs kits and wanted to know about the QMX+. It has a little more room than a QMX mini. Older RPIs may not be fast enough for digital. Has a Sidecar.? The agenda for the 06 March QRP Chat:
During the open forum anyone can take the floor. We will go one by one until all have had a chance to have the floor. Files, pictures and presentations can be shared if you have any. Please try to stay muted when someone has the floor. Thanks Ed AB8DF |
Jay W6CJ
Alan N8WQ
Brian KB9BVN
Dan AI6XG
Randy K7RAN
