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CW Practice / Rag Chew
On 4/28/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on 20 meters. I worked three stations: Conditions were OK with some QSB. SSN = 119, SFI = 156, A = 6, K = 1. KA1HCF, Gil in St. Augustine was using a FX4C that was way off frequency. I run with a very wide filter for the practice sessions but I had to RIT almost a full KHz to hear him. I could not find an email for him. If Gil or anyone needs help with getting on the air, the Michigan QRP Club has a weekly Zoom meeting specifically to help folks with any Ham questions or any help that they may need. Info can be found here:Michigan QRP Club. My next CW practice session will be April 29 at TBD EDT / TBD UTC on TBD meters. Tomorrow looks like all day rain. I will operate on and off most of the day and will depend on if and when there is lighting in the area. I will pick the band/bands based on conditions and time of day. So be sure to look for me on the RBN. Anyone and everyone 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 - April 29 2025 Time - On and Off throughout the day Band - Depends on conditions and time of day 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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Wanted Penntek TR-45L
Hi All, Still looking for a TR-45L with the tuner and battery options that you might want to part with. Can meet at Dayton Hamvention in a few weeks or via USPS/UPS/FedEx. 73, Scotty WA2DFI
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FDIM here we come!!
I just finished compiling and gathering the data for FDIM 2025. You guys and a few gals are going to have a great time. Sorry I can't be there in person, family duty calls. 73 de KB9BVN Brian Murrey Membership Manager -- 72 de KB9BVN
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QRPBuilder at FDIM 2
Gang, The QRPBuilder magnetically attached Iambic and Single lever Paddles are now back in stock. Also, this will be our fifth year at the Dayton FDIM vendor night on Thursday May 15, with all our products available. We hope to see you there. 73, Ken - WA4MNT Karen - KF4EEL qrpbuilder.com
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Last day to pre-register for FDIM is FRIDAY 4/25/25
Pre-registration for FDIM will be closed at 5PM tomorrow 4/25/25 You can register as a walk in at the Holiday Inn Fairborn on Wednesday Night May 14th, from 7:30PM to 9:30PM and on Thursday Morning May 15th at 7:30AM. Symposium starts at 8AM May 15th. This looks like a GREAT crowd for FDIM and some fine QRP fellowship. Have a great time! 73 de KB9BVN Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN
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FDIM Ride Share 2
Anyone staying at the Residence Inn available to give me a ride to Holiday Inn Thursday morning?
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CW Practice / Rag Chew
On 4/23/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on 20 meters. I worked two stations: Conditions were OK. SSN = 142, SFI = 163, A = 12, K = 1. Early on I heard a couple of weak stations calling but they were too weak to work. My next CW practice session will be April 28 at 09:00 EDT / 13:00 UTC on 20 meters. Anyone and everyone 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 - April 28 2025 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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Monthly Reminder
onthly Reminder: The QQ is published in January, April, July, and October April 2025 QQ was mailed about the 18th or so. DX addresses can take up to three weeks to arrive. 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 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
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MI QRP Weekly Zoom Chat
We had six folks join the MI QRP Zoom Chat on 17 April. Please join us Thursday April 24 (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 to 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, 24 April will be an OPEN FORUM. Pete WK8S Ed AB8DF Ernie N3ETE Tony W8CDC Stan WB8QJZ Casey KC9IH The bands have been crummy lately. TAXES! Pete is getting an old National five tube receiver. The weather is improving and we are all getting antsy to do some POTA. Stan is still playing with SSTV and the ISS. He had a good pass yesterday but got sidetracked with a ham radio zoom meeting. Another satellite starts in a couple of days so he may try it. He is also working on the DMR Net Michigan One Net https://www.michiganonedmr.net. This sounds very interesting and several of us will be checking it out. Tony is still trying to fix his TenTec. Ed got some color burst crystals to bring to Hamvention and the Michigan Mighty Mite Revival at club night. He also got some non inductive 250 watt resistors. He will build a high power dummy load with them. Pete is working with his Zbitx https://www.hfsignals.com/index.php/zbitx/. The recent firmware updates have improved the rigs performance. Need to look at 40 meters for the CW practice sessions and maybe even for the clubs net. We talked about the FCC issuing callsigns to stations and the ability to get a call sign outside of the station's area. Like a Michigan station being able to get a AB6XX callsign. We talked about tariffs and what they may mean for us QRPers. We are all in a wait and see mode on the tariffs. Pete is trying multiple elevated radials with POTA verticals. He is also looking at towers including a ALM-31 - US Tower. The agenda for the 24 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 an open forum. 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
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FDIM Walk-In Registration
If you can't pre-register for FDIM, you can register at the Hotel. Wednesday May 14th, registration will be open near the ballroom from 7:30PM EDT to 9:30PM EDT. Thursday May 15th, in the morning before the Symposium, registration will be open at 7:30AM EDT until 8:00AM EDT. Symposium starts at 8:00AM on Thursday May 15th. SEATING is LIMITED to 300. As of today that means we have a little over 50 Walk in seats available. 73 de KB9BVN Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN
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FDIM List is Updated
I have just updated the FDIM attendee list. https://qrparci.org/fdim I got many change requests yesterday. They have all been made. PLEASE look at the list and make sure you name is right, and your call sign is correct. To those that have ordered Zoom Access, the Zoom link typically comes to you via email the day before the event. Please watch your email for this code. Those who have ordered books and no symposium, we typically get those shipped out about a week after FDIM. 73 de KB9BVN Brian Murrey Membership Manager -- 72 de KB9BVN
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Attention FDIM ers
I have just updated the FDIM attendee list. This list will be used to make your name tags. Please look at it. https://qrparci.org/fdim Is the name what you want? Is the call sign correct? Send all corrections to membership@... de KB9BVN Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN
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CW Practice / Rag Chew
On 4/21/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on 20 meters. I worked no stations: Conditions were OK. SSN = 108, SFI = 156, A = 14, K = 5. I heard several very weak stations calling but they were too weak to work. My next CW practice session will be April 23 at 16:00 EDT / 20:00 UTC on 20 meters. Anyone and everyone 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 - April 23 2025 Time - 16:00 EDT 20:00 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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FDIM 2025 Registration - Four days remaining!
Registration for Four Days In May ends on April 25. This is the WORLDS LARGEST QRP convention, held on May 15 - 19 at the Fairborn Ohio Holiday Inn. Do not miss this opportunity to meet the leading innovators and operators in the world of QRP, enjoy good food, fellowship and conversation with friends from around the world. Register at QRPARCI.org
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CW Practice / Rag Chew Session 2
On 4/12/25 I had a CW practice / rag chew session on 30 meters. I worked one station: Date / Time Call Bnd Mode Power Rec Snt Name SPC# Comments Off 4/12/2025 18:51 N5EEI 30 CW 100 579 339 Dave TN K3 at 100 watts 100 ft sloper doublet 19:10 Conditions were crummy. SSN = 120, SFI = 170, A = 18, K = 3. My next CW practice session will be April 20 at 09:00 EDT / 13:00 UTC on 30 meters. Anyone and everyone 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 - April 20 2025 Time - 09:00 EDT 13:00 UTC Band - 30 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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FDIM Reminder
The 29th annual Four Days in May is less than a month away. Registration will end on April 25th. Please get your registration in before the deadline. Event Schedule is listed below, subject to change. All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC -4) Wednesday May 14 - Registration from 7:30PM to 9:30PM Thursday May 15 - Registration starts at 7:30AM Outside the Ballroom Make sure you pick up your FDIM badge from the registration table Thursday May 15 - Seminars Beginning at 8AM and breaking at 10:45AM Restarting at 11:00AM Lunch is from Noon to 1:00PM - Lunch will be provided by QRP-ARCI Restarting at 1:00PM and ending at 5:00PM 7PM to 8PM - Vendor registration and setup - Main Ballroom, no public access 8PM to 10PM - Vendor Night Friday May 16th Afternoon - W1REX Buildathon! 7PM to 8PM - Club Registration and setup in the Main Ballroom, no public access 7PM to 8PM - Show and Tell Homebrew Contest Registration and setup in Ballroom 8PM to 9PM - Homebrew Contest Judging in the Ballroom 8PM to 10PM - IC Transmitter Challenge! 8PM to 10PM - Radio Show and Tell in the Ballroom 8PM to 10PM - Club Night in the Ballroom - The Michigan QRP Club will be hosting a Michigan Mity Mite Revival! Saturday May 17th 7PM - Awards Ceremony and Grand Banquet in Ballroom 9PM - Post Banquet Chat Sessions, bring your QSL cards to trade Sunday May 18th Hamvention and head back home If you have any questions please let us know ! -- 72 de KB9BVN
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MI QRP Weekly Zoom Chat
We had six folks join the MI QRP Zoom Chat on 10 April. Please join us Thursday April 17 (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, 17 April will be TBD. Ed AB8DF Ernie NE3TE Tony W8CDC Stan WB8QJZ Casey KC9IH Stuart M0SGV Started out talking about cars. Ernie just got a new one. Ed showed this new paddles. https://www.ur5cdx.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=21&products_id=52 Northern Michigan ice storm caused major damage. It has been over a week and there are still major power outages. Stan played with satellites during the week but did not have any luck with the ISS and slow scan. Tony used to work the OSCAR 7 and 10 back in the day. Stan has a handheld that automatically tracks birds and the upcoming passes. DM1701 with open GD77 firmware is the way to go https://www.amazon.com/Baofeng-DM-1701-Channels-Programming-Earpiece/dp/B07R7QM63X?th=1 Stuart is still working on his Michigan Mighty Mite and wants to see how it looks with his new Tiny SA. Casey is playing with antennas and some hamsticks. Spending a lot of time on FM nets. We talked about the 80 meter nets and swap meets. The agenda for the 10 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 an open forum. 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
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VE3NZ
George Can you please send me your email address to w2ljqrp@...? I have a certificate to send Larry W2LJ
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Slow Code Walk for the Bacon Sprint TOMORROW
20m WFTB runs on the third Wednesday and Thursday of every month. Speed Limit 13 wpm. 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 LOG HERE: https://qrpcontest.com/pigwalk20 See you on the air! OINK OINK ! de KB9BVN FP -57 -- 72 de KB9BVN
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April QRP Quarterly
Table of Contents The Joy of Brackets¡ªKA9P Tinkering with an Antenna¡ªKB6NU "How Low Can You Go¡± Chart¡ªK4OCE Wisprry Pi: A No-Radio WSPR Solution¡ªKN?CK 10M End-Fed Halfwave Antenna¡ªK6STR Si5351a Arduino VFO and Keyer System¡ªWA5BDU Easy-Up 40-10 Meter Antenna¡ªW7DB Tool-Free Portable Antenna¡ªK1SWL Classic QQ ¨C A ¡°Building Day¡± Xmitter¡ªAA4BW Meaning of the Pronoun ¡°QRP+¡±¡ªVE3IPS The Future of Ham Radio in Our Schools¡ªVA2KFU The Art of Electronics: The X-Chapters¡ªWA8MCQ Knots for Portable Ham Radio¡ªVA7SNJ SI4732 Mini Radio:The Tiny SDR¡ªKN?CK The issue will be going to the mailing company Monday or Tuesday. de KB9BVN Brian Murrey -- 72 de KB9BVN
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