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QRP (Low Power Operation)

Discuss QRP radios, efficient antennas, low power contacts, field setups, and making the most of small stations.

  1. first real QRP build came out better than expected - few questions though

    Maria Chen,
    • 1 reply
    • 3 views
    Michael O'Brien

  2. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts after using it a few weeks

    Daniel Smith,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Patricia Kim

  3. built my first QRP rig from a kit and honestly wasnt expecting much

    Patricia Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 12 views
    Tom Anderson

  4. first QRP build went better than expected, few questions though

    Jessica Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 14 views
    David Williams50

  5. first QRP build went better than expected, few questions though

    Frank Williams,
    • 1 reply
    • 15 views
    Michael Johnson

  7. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts

    Sarah Brown,
    • 1 reply
    • 18 views
    David Thomas

  8. first qrp build went better than expected, few questions though

    Michael Moore99,
    • 1 reply
    • 10 views
    Michael Stevens

  9. first QRP build went better than expected, few questions though

    Jennifer Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 19 views
    Michael Rodriguez

  10. finally built my first QRP rig from scratch and actually made a contact

    Christine Lee,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Thomas Bradley

  11. finally built my first QRP rig — some thoughts after a weekend of playing with it

    Lisa Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 17 views
    Mike74

  13. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit and took it out this weekend

    James Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Lisa Chen

  14. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts

    Ham Fan 24,
    • 1 reply
    • 20 views
    Tom Wilson

  15. finally built my first QRP rig and took it out to the park — some thoughts

    John Williams99,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Jessica Wilson66

  16. built my first QRP rig from a kit and honestly cant believe it works

    Sarah Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 26 views
    Contester

  17. first QRP build went better than expected, few questions though

    Maria Garcia,
    • 1 reply
    • 24 views
    Jessica Johnson

  19. finally built my first QRP rig and took it out to the park — some thoughts

    James Wilson,
    • 1 reply
    • 21 views
    Robert Mitchell

  20. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit and took it out to the park

    David Davis,
    • 1 reply
    • 27 views
    James Wilson48

  21. finally took the plunge on QRP, some thoughts after a few weeks

    James Taylor,
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views
    Morse Coder

  22. finally built my first QRP rig and took it out to the park — some thoughts

    James Wilson48,
    • 1 reply
    • 50 views
    CW Whisperer

  23. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit and wow what a rabbit hole

    Rick Anderson,
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views
    Sarah Williams

  25. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts

    Amanda Williams49,
    • 1 reply
    • 43 views
    David Miller

  26. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts after first week

    Rachel Kim,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Dave Parker

  27. finally built my first QRP rig from a kit — some thoughts after a few weeks

    Lisa Rodriguez,
    • 1 reply
    • 47 views
    Daniel Taylor

  28. built my first qrp rig from a kit and now im kind of obsessed

    Carlos Martinez,
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views
    Sarah Thomas43

  29. finally built my first QRP rig from scratch - some thoughts

    Morse Coder,
    • 1 reply
    • 34 views
    Carlos Gutierrez

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