QRP – Brightleaf Amateur Radio Club

QRP = Climbing Mt Everest?

So for Mother’s Day, I went home to see my 90+ Mother and Father like a “good son”. They are doing well and have many stories to tell. I guess I do not fall far from the tree, do I? Saturday morning I could not sleep so I got up at 5:30am and looked outContinue reading “QRP = Climbing Mt Everest?”

Move over Charlie Brown!

I have decided to try QRP or low power mode. I got myself a used KX2 Elecraft radio that produces about 5 watts of power. I designed a random wire antenna that has a 2 oz lead weight on one end of the wire, I swing it around and throw it up into a tree.Continue reading “Move over Charlie Brown!”