FT817 QRP 5 Watts Getting A Pile UP!

Who said that life was too short to work QRP? Granted this was on a controlled net 7.188 Mhz(3905 Century Club) but none the less when I went up for grabs, there were several stations calling, creating a pile up. What is must feel like being an operator on one of those rare DXpeditions! For more info on QRPing or Portable operations, Please visit http://www.PortableQRP.com

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• QRP
• FT-817
• FT817
• 3905
• Century
• Club
• Net
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• 40
• meters

[revoluketion]

yeah,respectable but arguable on the "pileup"given you were on a net....still,my uncle has owned an 817 for years and raves about it.its definately a good radio in the right hands(as are all of yaesu's radio's).during the last solar peak he made contacts w/germany using miiliwatts.alot of it is antnenna and propagation i think.NICE job! good luck and good DX O.M!

73,DE KV7M

[PortableQRP]

Yes, I will concede that it was not a "traditional" way of getting a bunch of stations to call, however, it is a plie up none the less. The idea was not so much to be claiming to have created a pile up, but rather what it sounds like to be on the receiving end of one period. An experience that many of us in North America do not enjoy regularily.

Thank you.

[G0IFI]

Great little radio, I wish more people would go QRP. A lot of stations just use overkill, I often hear EU stations using a KW, and they hear me just fine with a few watts on a magnetic loop. What's your ant there, or is that a secret? ;)

[PortableQRP]

The antenna that I use most with this radio on 40m is an end feed dipole made by Par Electronics about 13 feet above the ground.

I am in the process of building some magnetic loops and have a great interest in them. Please tell me more about your loop.

VE3UK

[KenwoodTS480HX]

I love QRP! I've had more fun with my FT-817ND and mini Buddipole antenna than anything else in amateur radio. Get out in the fresh air with my dog and enjoy radio!

Life is too short not to try QRP

[N2RRAny]

On 40m that's good!

[G4AKC]

Great stuff!

[1SoundBlaster]

QRP Rules i have to Run QRP due to licence restrictions hear in the uk but i get good results with 5w/10w and all my antennas are home built Great vidieo

look me up on youtube

[W6CSAhamradio]

QRP is the way to be.

I want a 817 now lol

73 de W6CSA

[rodriampuero]

Hi very good friend the radio but what can be heard trading bands? either radio nederland, China International, NHK Japan in the hf bands, goodbye.

[rodriampuero]

Hola amigo muy bueno el radio pero ¿se pueden escuchar bandas comerciales? ya sea radio nederland,internacional de china,nhk japón en las bandas hf,adios.

[YV5HUJ]

I like QRP too.

I have an Elecraft KX1 for QRP (CW only), an Original Vibroplex Bug key and a Hy-Gain 14AVQ vertical antenna. That's it!

73 es many DX

[redmartian]

Do you have any information about the antenna you used and what your SWR was? I didn't see that your meter was set to SWR but would have been curious to see how you did. Great contact, did you continue to work the other stations in the pile up? How far did you make it?

[lordtapdoles]

Wow really nice! I wish I could get that sort of pileup!