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"Run for the Bacon" is a no holds barred 2 hours sprint, Use any bands but WARC. No speed limit, but QRS is appreciated. April 20th - Run for the Bacon CW Sprint (2 Hours) 23:00Z to 01:00Z – Use the Auto logger. May 18th - Run for the Bacon CW Sprint (2 Hours) 23:00Z to 01:00Z – Use the Auto logger. June 15th - Run for the Bacon CW Sprint (2 Hours) 23:00Z to 01:00Z – Use the Auto logger. RFTB Autologger is at https://qrpcontest.com/pigrun/ ALSO…for you Flying Pigs new to CW, or old to CW and want to participate in a slow code sprint event, we have the 40m Walk for the Bacon Slow Code CW Sprint. The WFTB sprints are 1 hour each night. 40m WFTB runs on the first back to back Wednesday and Thursday of every month. The Wednesday night sprint begins at 00:00Z Wednesday evening for 1 hour from 00:00Z to 01:00Z, then it continues Thursday night from 02:00Z to 03:00Z. All logging is done on the autologger. Evening of Wednesday April 2nd at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 40m 7050 Khz to 7065 Khz. Evening of Thursday April 3rd at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 40m. 7110 to 7115 Khz Evening of Wednesday May 7th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 40m 7050 Khz to 7065 Khz. Evening of Thursday May 8th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 40m 7110 to 7115 Khz . Evening of Wednesday June 4th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 40m 7050 Khz to 7065 Khz. Evening of Thursday June 5th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 40m 7110 to 7115 Khz. WFTB 40m logger is at: https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk40/ 20m WFTB runs on the third Wednesday and Thursday of every month. The Wednesday night sprint begins at 00:00Z Wednesday evening for 1 hour from 00:00Z to 01:00Z, then it continues Thursday night from 02:00Z to 03:00Z. All logging is done on the autologger. Evening of Wednesday April 16th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Thursday April 17th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 20m 14061Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Wednesday May 21st at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Thursday May 22nd at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Wednesday June 18th at 00:00Z to 01:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. Evening of Thursday June 19th at 02:00Z to 03:00Z on 20m 14061 Khz to 14065 Khz. WFTB Autologger is at: https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk20/ Good luck and we hope to hear from everyone on the air!! -- 72 de KB9BVN

Gang, This is a last call for articles for the April 2025 issue of the BBQ. Please send your submissions to editor@... O. Alan Jones N8WQ BBQ Editor FP #4371

Monthly Reminder: The QQ is published in January, April, July, and October The April QRP Quarterly is running on time. Look for it to be mailed out mid April. I updated the mailing list today. If you were paid up by March 27th 2025 you made the April QQ list. If your subscription expired with January 2025 or earlier, you are not on the April 2025 mailing list. Check your status here: https://qrparci.org/join-renew FDIM Registrations are current as of this morning. Looks like the 29th FDIM will be well attended! Lots of prizes and things to do and see! Registrations will remain open until May. Registered Attendees are listed here: https://qrparci.org/fdim If you wish to submit an article for the next publication (JULY 2025), 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 https://qrparci.org/join-renew 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

We had nine folks join the MI QRP Zoom Chat on 27 March. Please join us Thursday April 03 (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: https://www.miqrp.net/zoom Zoom ID: 811 0835 6229 The topic for Thursday, 03 April will be TBD. Pete WK8S Ed AB8DF Ernie NE3TE Stan WB8QJZ Tom WW8LA Casey KC9IH Jacob N3JU Stuart M0SGV John K4XNY Pete shared his recent experiences with a POTA PERformer vertical antenna. He went to a local park and took a bunch of pictures. He was doing WSPR testing and showed a report from WSPRNet. His results were good and he is convinced that the elevated radials greatly improve the vertical antenna performance. Ernie mentioned that Buddipole uses one elevated radial and recommends going to the Buddipole web site. K6ARK has videos on different ways to connect the radial wires. Steppir has information on elevated radials on their web site. https://whiteriverradio.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/POTA-PERformer-Antenna-by-KJ6ER-2023-03-1-1.pdf Michael KB9VBR WI POTA Videos and J-Pole Antenna Sales https://www.qrz.com/db/KJ6ER KJ6ER - PERformer, Challenger and Dominatorportable video https://www.buddipole.com/antennas.html https://consumer.steppir.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Radial-Systems-for-Elevated-and-Ground-Mounted-Antennas-2.2-12_2018.pdf The agenda for the 03 April QRP Chat: Ernie to do a short introduction and acknowledge any new folks to the Zoom chat. The topic for next week will be on TBD. 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

Groups, I've sold my PALM RADIO straight key and paddle. Thanks everyone for your interest and patience 73 Jay W6CJ

Does anyone have the full instructions to the Black Widow vertical antenna that was designed and sold by Ed Breneiser WA3WSJ? So far the Wayback Machine only has snippets of it. Eds stuff has been pulled down sadly. I am trying to relive yesteryear with a build and use like I did back in the old mobile home cottage we had back then. Just for fun. Dave K8WPE

I changed the subject to make this a bit easier to follow. I got the whip for 10-40 m operation ...............................It's even taller than Dan -) https://www.alphaantenna.com/product/alpha-ss34-foot-stainless-steel-whip/ Alpha makes a 34' 6" whip (10.5 m for those of the Metric Persuasion) that collapses to ~30 inches (0.75 m). I own one, and it is solidly built. Alpha recommends guying at the 17 foot (~5 m) level, but they have the guy attachments built in to the whip. 1/4 wave at 40 m is pretty good. Of course, Alpha has all sorts of mounting and matching options. Is it heavy? Well, it is a bit heavier than the 17 and 25 foot whips, but it weighs 3 lbs versus say 2 lbs for the other shorter whips. This is a new product for them, and I am already a fan. The price is a little more than the shorter whips but is reasonable for what you receive. 73 de Lee KX4TT

I’m looking to purchase my next QRP radio. I’m primarily a CW op, with some SSB from time to time. It’s going to be a POTA/SOTA radio, but I also wanna be able to operate from the beach, hotel balcony, etc when traveling. I’ve looked at both. Budget allows for both. If I get the KX2, I’m getting the AX1 antenna with it as well. Which would you all recommend?

Changed the subject … Thanks Howie. I already have your very well made clamp and use it when appropriate. If I’m doing SOTA on a sparse summit or POTA where no suitable tables,benches etc are available I use the tripod . I have a small 3 legged camp stool to sit on-too old to be scrambling around on the ground! My tripod is actually an aluminum light stand with very nice wider legs so much more stable than a standard camera tripod. Plus it’s very lightweight.At 5 feet plus it allows me to elevate and angle the radials at 45 degrees and anchor with alligator clips. Also serves as guys. So far (6-7 years) no tip over…I don’t do ‘parking’ lots on the air’ unless weather is really nasty. Hiking is my preference although at 73 not like years ago! Just to add-your products are very well made and I use the power supply regularly. Dan Presley 503-701-3871 danpresley@me. com N7CQR@... On Mar 23, 2025, at 14:53, Scott KA9P via groups.io <ka9pscott@...> wrote: ? I've run both radios for quite a while now and I really think Michael really nailed it. It needs to be a use case decision made after you've familiarized yourself with the capabilities of both radios - I've never been conscious of a performance difference, except for the absence of a tuner in one, and the missing bands in the other. But a couple comments. First, I routinely run my KX2 handheld with a 7 foot whip on a little 3/8-24 bracket. The simply magical KX2 tuner usually tunes this below 2:1 up thru 17 meters, and most of the time less than 2:1 on 20 meters, both with a resonant radial and a trailing wire. If you do the math a 7 foot whip is pretty cheap and going to be quite a bit more efficient than a 4 footer, so it's worth a thought. Second, I'm not sure of the knock on blowing dust and the touch screen on the 705. I routinely run the 705 from the beach at ZF and in the Rockies. I've not had a problem other than times when the touch screen apparently is unhappy (read finicky) from static charge (I think) from the little rocky bits, but that cleans off well enough. I may be tempting fate operating that way but at some point you have to decide what risks you're willing to take to have fun :) And third, while I can't dispute the KX2 tuner as the undeniable king of tuners, it is surprising how fast you can adapt to running a radio without a tuner. EFHWs work well, and a slider coil vertical like the MFJ 1898 make the lack of a tuner less of a problem most days than you might think. YMMV. You can't go wrong either way. 72 Scott ka9p On Sun, Mar 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM Dan N7CQR via groups.io <n7cqr@...> wrote: ?A couple of comments here. First I believe his two choices are KX2 (not KX3) and 705. If you’re primarily using it for CW the KX2 is a much better radio in functionality and performance. Better filtering particularly the APF and CW spot features and QSK for starters. Plus the fact that you can have the internal battery and ATU is a big factor in size,weight and having everything integrated in a small package. Some overlooked features include the ability to have the radio record (on screen-not audio) your CW activity for logging is very useful. It time stamps each contact. Plus should you ever try RTTY or PSK31 you can operate these modes just using your CW key. Also you can mount some keys directly to the front of the radio for even more convenience and use ability. I can do a SOTA/POTA activation and just balance the rig on my knee if needed and fire away. The AX1 works great with the KX2 for a low profile setup. In regards to using the AX1 here’s more information. Someone asked about using a small tripod to mount the AX1 ,and here’s some information. But I’ve also used it directly mounted to the KX2 with good results. Just make sure you have the counterpoise deployed correctly. I’ve never failed to have the KX2 (or KX1,3 or K2) resonate the AX1 very quickly. I use a tripod to improve the efficiency of the AX1. Serves two purposes-gets it up higher in the air,and I use 3 13’ radials angled at 45 degrees. There’s been extensive research on using this technique for re