Tuesday, July 27, 2010

QRP operating at Myre-Big Lake State Park

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This last weekend Beth and I took our camper trailer to Myre-Big Lake State Park near Albert Lea, MN. I had along my K1 and Crappie Pole 20...
Thursday, June 24, 2010

More W0VLZ Operating

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Strong signals are few and far between here at the Shady Creek Resort but I'm still been able to make contacts using my K1 running fiv...
Tuesday, June 22, 2010

W0VLZ Operating

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I have almost a week to kick back at a lake resort here in north central Minnesota . As usual I have my K1 along. In the past I would have m...
Thursday, June 10, 2010

The Mitey Mite Beginner Transceiver

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Last weekend I attended the TwinsLAN/3M swapmeet in St Paul, MN. This is always one of my favorite swapmeets of the year. It is open-air in ...
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Monday, May 31, 2010

A C-Pole Antenna for QRPxpeditions

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I've finished yet one more version of my Crappie Pole antenna, this one based on KF2YN's ground independent vertical antenna (or C-P...
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Monday, May 24, 2010

An SW-4 Mystery

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A friend of mine noticed that my National SW-4 shown at http://www.prismnet.com/~nielw/nat_list/sw4.htm uses what looks like standard SW3 ...
Monday, May 17, 2010

A 20 Meter Crappie Pole Vertical

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This past weekend we had nice weather here in southern Minnesota....mostly sunny and temperatures around 70. I spent some time working on a ...
Sunday, May 2, 2010

More TZ-20 Amplifier

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Work continues....
Monday, April 19, 2010

More TZ-20 Amplifier

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With the chassis and front panel drilled, punched and painted this project should start looking more like a kit. Everything is in hand, all ...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010

Springtime - QRPtime

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With an early spring here in SE Minnesota I can start thinking about QRP again. One of my favorite local picnic table QRP spots here in Roch...