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New England QRP Club

New England QRP Club. New England QRP Club. Dennis Marandos – K1LGQ. WHO We Are. QRPers are LOW power fanatics who will man a station for days to send a signal no one will hear just to say we DID IT.

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New England QRP Club

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  1. New England QRP Club

  2. New England QRP Club Dennis Marandos – K1LGQ

  3. WHO We Are • QRPers are LOW power fanatics who will man a station for days to send a signal no one will hear just to say we DID IT. • QRPers are extremist who will sit for hours building another low-power transceiver at 2 AM in the morning to GET’ER DONE. • QRPers are just like you and me!

  4. WHY QRP? • QRP is Radio Frequency Interference friendly (RFI). No overload on the front end of a television or AM/FM radio receiver. Keeps the family and neighbors happy. • QRP radio is cheap…inexpensive. It is a dare to those operators who must have high power and we say, “See what I can do with 5 watts!” • QRP operating is inexpensive compared to high, super efficient radios on the market. Although, lately the QRP prices have jumped a bit with all the excitement of using low power, BUT it’s not $3,000!

  5. Where Can I Go? • QRP operating is an anywhere-radio activity with minimum requirements. 1.) Transceiver 2.) Antenna of any kind 3.) Battery power, solar power…water power, wind power…just get 12 volts to the rig and you’re on the air! That’s it and now you can operate anywhere.

  6. Your station High Power 1000 watts - - - - - - - - - 250 watts - - - - - - - - - - 62 watts - - - - - - - - - - - 15 watts - - - - - - - - - - - 4 watts - - - - - - - - - - - - 1watt - - - - - - - - - - - S-meter readings - - - S9 - - - S8 - - - S7 - - - S6 - - - S5 - - - S4 High Power Versus Low Power

  7. QRP keeps You RADIO ACTIVE! • QRP tends to keep you active on the homebrew front. • Kits are NOW more plentiful than in the last 15 years. • Homebrew radios are real-man radios! That is, they don’t CO$T a lot. • Kit/homebrew radios are suitable for beginners who want to test their mettle.

  8. QRP is Portable. • If you’re able to string up an antenna, connect two wires to your radio, adjust your key AND operating seat and hat at the same time…you’re on the air! • Portable is a state-of-mind and when you’re there…you know it!

  9. CW or SSB? • The FCC says you can operate CW on any frequency at any time (even 60 meters), however, you may not operate phone, PSK, RTTY, etc. anywhere you wish! CW sounds like a good deal. • CW operators like to contact other QRP operators and hangout on QRP areas. • SSB is a little harder to hear on low power and W.A.S. is not unheard of.

  10. New England QRP Club • Several QRPers got together in early 1990s and formed a club. The basis for entering the club was…LOW POWER. • Jim Fitton – W1FMT, along with 9 other QRPers, met in different parts of NH and started regular face-to-face meetings. • The NEW ENGLAND QRP CLUB was formed and at the time was the 3rd QRP club in the U.S.A. to establish itself.

  11. First Kit…80 meters • The first kit produced by the club was an 80 meter transmitter. It produced 3 watts of pure, unadulterated CW power. • It was never followed up with a receiver, however, the pure fun of kitting was recognized. “The Excitement Is Building….” • The Club also had its OWN coffee mug…!

  12. New England’s OWN Coffee MUG

  13. Membership GREEEEEEW • Membership grew from 10 to 100 and from there to 250 and more. • Presently, there are over 750 members who belong to the New England QRP Club world-wide. • Not ALL members are from New England but share the love for building and operating low power on the air.

  14. Newsletter -72- • A newsletter was produced to keep everyone posted, informed and was labeled -72-. • 72 is the farewell sign-off and one number lower than 73. QRP is one less than the full load. • Editor of 72 moved to Pennsylvania and Dennis Marandos – K1LGQ took over the “hot seat” and wrote the bulletin.

  15. Membership zoomed with more • In addition to joining the NEQRP Club for free, a club number was assigned to each and every member. My number is #151. (Palindrome) • Members went on to start their own companies as well. K1SWL (NN1G) Dave Benson started Small World Radio company. (RockMite series) • Zack Lau – W1VT is senior engineer at ARRL. • Dennis Blanchard – K1YPP author of 300 ZERO DAYS, an Appalachian Journey. • Rex Harper – W1REX – QRPme.COM kits

  16. New Ideas…! • Across the country, QRP clubs were sponsoring contests on weekends and special holidays. QRP AFIELD – 3rd Weekend in September. • ARCI and Michigan QRP Club were first two QRP clubs on record. NEQRP Club was number THREE! • NorCal (northern California) club joins the bandwagon.

  17. More Activity • More clubs joined the QRP activity, such as Colorado QRP club... • Arizona ScQRPions started their part of the low power fun. • New Jersey QRP Club came aboard. • Four Days In May (FDIM) – Dayton, Ohio • Many clubs followed, more QRP activities, kits, and contests were “on the air” and on the map.

  18. QRP Clubs Across America

  19. CW Net – Thursday 8:30 PM In addition to keeping in touch via emails, U.S. mail, cell phones, and landlines… WQ1RP NEQRP CW Net every Thursday at 8:30PM on 80 meters – 3.566 kHz. Net Control Chuck Ludinsky - K1CL

  20. New England QRP - QSL

  21. Club kits • Many of the newer QRP clubs brought their own “club kit” to the public. • Antenna tuners, brass paddles, CW monitors, transceivers of all types, antennas. • New England made kit #2…SCAF filter. • Needs name…NEscaf, (like the coffee?)

  22. NEscaf still selling… • Dave Siegrist – NT1U designed new kit • Bruce Beford – N1RX tweaked design • Dennis Marandos – K1LGQ wrote manual • Over 1,000 kits have been made and sold throughout the world • NEScaf kit & parts - $31 and $3 for cable assembly, postage paid • Pay by Check or Money Order • Make checks or money orders to: Paul Kranz Mail to: Paul Kranz - W1CFI 51-D Airpark Drive East Falmouth, MA 02536

  23. NEscaf KIT in a bag

  24. NEscaf parts layout

  25. Dave Siegrist - NT1U Beta NEscaf NT1U Dave Siegrist

  26. NEscaf Part Layout

  27. NEscaf coming together

  28. Little by Little – SCAF is built

  29. NEscaf Completed NEScaf in Soap Dish

  30. CQ Magazine - National Recognition CQ Magazine February 2009

  31. WEB Site New England QRP WWW. NewEnglandQRP.ORG

  32. NEQRP meetings… • The Club is NEW ENGLAND in which the meetings are held from Maine to Connecticut: • Maine – LobsterCon – Thomas Point Beach, Brunswick, Maine. • Nashua, NH - Holiday Inn, Exit #4 • ARRL – W1AW - Newington, CT

  33. Much more to follow… Thanks for listening…Catch you on the air. MUCH MORE TO COME – Stay tuned! 72 DENNIS MARANDOS – K1LGQ Brookline, NH

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