QRP SUCKS?

30M QSO between NG9D (Peanut whistle QRP) and W5VYY, John; Dallas TX - including photos of John's father, army service, a great ham "shack", and that HUGE 160m loop antenna system! But wazzup with "QRP Sucks"? Hi Hi. Great QSO John, hope to see you soon; 73 DE Lynn. NG9D Plainfield, IL.

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[K9FON]

QRP on CW is a blast! I have made tons of contacts only running 5 w into a 135' doublet up 40'.

[kc8ntp]

@K9FON BS. I use less than 10w all the time on 75m. With a good antenna, it is easy. I talk to a guy close to 300-miles from me all the time with around 1w; while being S9! An amplifier is just a crutch for a poor antenna system! Yes, I own a 1kw amp, but I only use it when needed. What is the point of being S9+40dB to everybody on 75m within 500-miles? If I can be heard at 5w, 10w, 100w, or it takes legal limit, then this is what I am going to run!

[KB9HJA]

9862 mile contact from Milwaukee, WI to Mauritius (Indian ocean). MFJ 4 Watt 30 Meter QRP Rig with sloping dipole from 40 feet. Best contact by far, and QRP makes it all the better. Happy Hamming!! Long live CW!

73s, Matt

[Heidefunker]

Sounds like you are using a keyboard for cw? :-/

[rattinox]

"If ya' caint incinerate a condor lightin' on yer sloper, ya' ain't runnin' enough power!!"

TNX&73

KC0BIN

[TheLegoboy1997]

QRP is great! I've done 1,000 miles per watt on 20m using 2 watts and a magnet wire dipole up 4 feet!

[29pu04]

great stuff i hate it when my neighbour cranks up his 2kilowatt

[toobroke2fight]

NG9D, It sounded like you were using a paddle, but went to the computer. Either your VERY talented, or your using the computer to Tx the code! Heard you start to use a paddle, but then all I heard is keys "clicking" in the background. Thats cheatin'! Nice Vid! I like how you spelled out everything and kept the mistakes out of the posted words for non code hams to copy. Loved the QRP SUCKS PART! If hes a "Top Band" hes gotta be QRO! TU AR SK ..

[G0IFI]

Just for fun, last year, I ran up a 7.030 single transistor crystal oscillator producing about 150 mw into a simple pi network to a 1/4 wave endfed wire out the shack window, working against the house central heating pipes, and attached a key made from a spoon, a piece of ply and some screws. Hearing my call coming back from faraway Germany after about the third call was the biggest buzz I ever had since my first ever radio contact 30 odd years ago! You can enjoy ham radio for pennies.

[K9FON]

But on phone SSB its time to get out the 1.2 KW amp and have fun!!