Saturday morning, I had the good fortune to have breakfast with members of the Michigan QRP Club.
I’d always meant to get to one of their monthly breakfasts (held the first Saturday of each month), but they normally take place in Flint, which is about an hour away. Only when they decided to hold one [...]

John, K5JS, posted this to the qrp-l.org mailing list yesterday:
The Arizona ScQRPions are delighted to announce a new 80m QRP CW transceiver kit for 2010! This new transceiver is the creation of Dan Tayloe (N7VE) and kitted by the ScQRPions with invaluable assistance from Doug Hendricks (KI6DS) of QRPKITS.
This kit was first seen in [...]

When people in southern Michigan want to get away from it all, they go “up north,” which means the northern part of Michigan’s lower penninsula and Michigan’s upper penninsula. For at least the last ten years, my family—including my brothers and sisters (but mostly my sisters, and their kids and now grandkids)—have been renting a [...]

Hank, K8DD reports from Dayton:

The following people have been inducted into QRP-ARCI QRP Hall of Fame 2009
Hans Summers, G0UPL
This man is an inspiration to many QRP home builders said Rev George
Dobbs. He has produced a whole series of novel and innovative designs
for the QRP constructor.
Another said “He is an Elmer in the finest tradition [...]

Now here’s a guy who is having fun with ham radio! Check out the:

Strange CW Keys
Toaster Transceiver

Jeremy, N1JER, hasn’t been a ham long, but he’s really gotten into it in a big way, building kits and homebrewing QRP stuff. His latest creation he calls the “Toilet Paper L-Network Tuner.” The name comes from the material he used for the coil form.
Here’s what he posted to the qrp-l.org mailing list:
I [...]

On one of the QRP mailing lists, there was talk about how minimal you could make a QRP transceiver. Several ideas were tossed around, but then Chris Trask, N7ZWY, nailed it.
The Gnat 1 uses a single 2N2222. The parts list includes values for 80m, 40m, and 30m versions, and the documentation even includes a [...]

Jason, NT7S, has started a new website for QRP enthusiasts – QRPedia. Everyone is encouraged to not only check out the resources there, but also to contribute!
Jason notes:
Stephen, VE7NSD, has created a page on his Pixie project. He uploaded some neat photos of his work to go along with his excellent write-up. You’ll also [...]

by Alfred Gruenke, KB3JPP
It started as an ordinary Sunday. The Phillies had won game 2 of the World Series and were ahead in Game 3 all in one day, the Eagles had won in spite of their efforts, and my mind was fading to oblivion. And that’s without chemical or libation enhancement. You see, through [...]

Last weekend, our family had its annual get-together “up north,” as we say here in Michigan, at some cabins on Elk Lake. As I have for the last three years, I took my Elecraft KX-1 and did some operating.
This year, I had a lot more success than in years past. I attribute that to my [...]