First of all QRP radio is Green Radio! You are invited to qrp operation. QRP means low power (PEP 1 to 10W). QRP is: Litlle radio big fun! Low profile amateur radio. Green. It's skill not power. And many-many more. QRP do more with less. Isn't QRP amazing? Digimodes or cw, the perfect way to qrp! I enjoy working qrp, especially portable very much - you never know how far a qrp signal can travel! (have a look: http://www.athnet.ampr.org/~sv1uy/articleRADCOM.html ). So, get your portable equipment and walk/climb that mountain, or go to that island (interesting read: http://www.k2kw.com/6y0aqrp/). It's not necessary to have enough time to go out and work the dx. Sometimes 15 minutes is enough. See how Jim W1PID managed to work the dx: http://www.w1pid.com/quickie/quickie.html Among others also S.O.T.A. activities recommended http://www.sota.org.uk/ http://sota.gr/ The Yaesu FT-817 is a perfect companion for my qrp /p operations. Below a very interesting military bag adopted for 817 by my friend SV1EIX http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdWBzxF5f7E&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL this bag is also convinient for rover operations (rovers are that rare breed of operator that operate mobile to help activate areas that normally aren't very active). http://www.myhamshack.com/HamShackPictureViewer/1221/January-VHF-contest-as-rover.aspx You can make many DX contacts working QRP (1 - 10W) or QRPp (1W and below!). If you do not believe that, pse search the internert with the QRPP term or visit JQ2UOZ site and see the video: http://jq2uoz.blogspot.com/2010/01/rigs-and-antennas.html QRP Frequencies
Even though the above 2m. qrp frequencies did not mentioned in Region 1 bandplan please, avoid them for qrp communications. Please, be kind enough to not exceed maximum power of 10Watt and big guns pse qsy from 14285 you can send qrp spots to: http://www.dxsummit.fi/CustomFilter.aspx?customCount=50&customRange=506 http://qrpspots.com/ After the QRP comes QRPp: http://www.indianapolis.net/QRPp-I/index.html With the FT-817 and the lightweight Maldol 3 el. antenna  During field-day 2009, antenna beaming toward Agean sea. http://wikimapia.org/#lat=38.0298814&lon=23.9353573&z=15&l=14&m=s&v=9  QRP links: www.athensqrp.net http://larissaqrpteam.blogspot.com/ http://www.qrptransceiver.com/#why-qrp Interesting distance and kilometers/miles per watt calculator: http://www.qrparci.org/content/view/8364/135/ http://www.reflectivesky.co.uk/qrp.html http://sites.google.com/site/g3xbmqrp/ |
