[Elecraft] K3 QRPp

[Julius Fazekas n2wn]

Personal records are the best!

Everything else is just gravy ;o)

73,
Julius

Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html

Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/

Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366


--- On Mon, 3/2/09, Joe Planisky (via Nabble) <ml-user+44805-271310873 at n2.nabble.com> wrote:

> From: Joe Planisky (via Nabble) <ml-user+44805-271310873 at n2.nabble.com>
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] K3 QRPp
> To: "Julius Fazekas n2wn" <phriendly1 at yahoo.com>
> Date: Monday, March 2, 2009, 11:05 AM
> For anyone considering trying QRP(p) operation, don't be
> put off by  
> tales of super antennas.  Yes, a good antenna always helps,
> and if you  
> have an unusually good setup, by all means take advantage
> of it.  But  
> surprising results can be had with strictly average setups.
>  This  
> weekend, I achieved a new personal best miles-per-watt
> record (Oregon  
> to Ohio, about 21510 miles/watt) with my K3 on 30m at 100mW
> using my  
> Butternut HF6V antenna (ground mounted with 16 short
> radials.)  I know  
> that's nowhere near any real records, but for casual
> QRP-ing that  
> involved nothing more than turning the power knob down, it
> was a kick.
> 
> 73
> --
> Joe KB8AP
> 
> 
> 
> On Mar 2, 2009, at 6:59 AM, Julius Fazekas n2wn wrote:
> 
> >
> > Propagation was pretty darn good too...
> >
> > worked a Mn station running 5 watts who was 30 over in
> Tn.
> >
> > Folks were telling me I was pegging the needle running
> 100 watts.  
> > Really
> > wasn't expecting those lind of comments, nor the
> DX worked either.
> >
> > QRP is surprisingly effective on 160 with a decent
> antenna, and  
> > sometimes
> > without...
> >
> > 72,
> > Julius
> > n2wn
> >
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Julius Fazekas
N2WN

Tennessee Contest Group
http://www.k4ro.net/tcg/index.html

Tennessee QSO Party
http://www.tnqp.org/

Elecraft K2/100 #4455
Elecraft K3/100 #366
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