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Articles and news on QRP radios, portable operations, product announcements and reviews. QRPer is a personal website administered by Tom Witherspoon - K4SWL. He's goal is to promote all things QRP.
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6h ago
Many thanks to Conrad (N2YCH) who shares the following field report: QRP POTA & SOTA on Killington Peak, Vermont By Conrad Trautmann (N2YCH) Peter (K1PCN) and I decided to travel from Connecticut to Vermont to view the solar eclipse that occurred on April 8, 2024. We got an early start on Sunday morning April 7th to ..read more
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1d ago
Many thanks to Scott (VA3EKR) who shares the following field report: Apr. 15, 2024, Great Lakes Waterfront Trail Recreation Site (CA-6003) by Scott (VA3EKR) Decided to try the other side of the harbour for the activation, in Tannery Park. For the setup, I picked a picnic table on the north side of Walker Street, as ..read more
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2d ago
Lately, it’s been a proper challenge to get out and activate. I’ve had a number of projects that have kept me at home working and when I do head out the door, my timing has been tight. While I love squeezing in park activations when I’m otherwise busy running around town, I also never activate ..read more
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2d ago
Our friend Alan (W2AEW) just published this excellent short video demonstrating how to quickly tune the Penntek TR-45L’s Z-Match ATU. Of course, this same technique can be applied to the Emtech ZM-2 or any other manual Z-Match tuner: An excellent tutorial, Alan! Thank you ..read more
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3d ago
Day 3 of my spring-break Florida POTA trip began well. Those of you who read my “A Confession from the POTA Babe” article know my personal life has been anything but settled as of late. Two weeks prior to the trip, I experienced a traumatic break with a close friend and partner. I hoped this ..read more
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4d ago
An Eclipse Clean Sweep by Brian (K3ES) My home QTH is located near Tionesta, PA, and the path of the 2024 eclipse put us near, but not in, the path for totality. At home we would have more than 99.5% of the sun’s disc obscured. I will confess that the distinction between 99.5% and totality ..read more
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6d ago
Day 2 of my spring-break Florida POTA trip began well. The night before, I left the rain fly off one corner of the tent, the one out of which I could look when lying on my Thermarest pad listening to the bird song all around us. There must be something about being outside because I ..read more
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6d ago
Many thanks to Joe (N0LSD) who shares the following guest post: Getting Started with HF Digital Modes – Without Breaking the Bank by Joe (N0LSD) Amateur radio can be an expensive hobby: the reasons are myriad, made more difficult for newcomers because they tend to not have the experience to know what their requirements might ..read more
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6d ago
Many thanks to Gordon (KF5JWL) who writes: Tom, I’ve been thinking about this for a while and finally tried it. I attached an alligator clip to the AM-801 [window antenna mount] so it could be used to connect a counterpoise. Turns out alligator clips (at least the Mueller version I had lying around) have a ..read more
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1w ago
Many thanks to Bill (KG4FXG) who shares the following guest post: Return to the Office: Operating portable during coffee breaks (Atlanta to England) by Bill Carter (KG4FXG) Have you ever thought about operating from your work location? Perhaps during lunch or a coffee break? What if that location was downtown in a big city? In ..read more