Club Meeting (Here’s One I Made Earlier… 🔨)

Club Meeting (Here’s One I Made Earlier… 🔨)

“Here’s one I made earlier…” 🔨 🗓️ Meeting Room FP4, 1900hrs start. A ‘show and tell’ evening for club members, guests and visitors to display and/or demonstrate/talk about equipment they’ve made themselves (homebrew), share proud constructions, and amazing kit builds… Have you built something that was better, cheaper, faster than the commercial alternative or something…

What is QRP?

What is QRP?

QRP is the term referring to low-power amateur radio operations, typically using a transmission power of 5W or less. QRP comes from the Q-codes used in Morse code communication, meaning “reduced power”. The reasons for operating a low-or-reduced-power transmitter may be born out of space constraints at home or perhaps a need to lighten the…

QRP – Much More from a Lot Less

QRP – Much More from a Lot Less

QRP Introduction. In amateur radio, QRP operation refers to transmitting at reduced power while attempting to maximise one’s effective range. QRP operation is a specialised pursuit within the hobby that was first popularised in the early 1920s. QRP operators limit their transmitted RF output power to 5 W or less, regardless of mode (some call…