New England QRP Club : The Excitement is Building....

GQRP Club MeMber 5720

The parts are in for the NEScaf and the connector kit. Back orders will be on their way very shortly and we are ready for new orders, too. Thanks for your patience.

Boxborough, Massachusetts - HAMvention

At the end of the day, a New England QRP Club business meeting was called for all members and non-members. Discussions detailing the NEScafe SCAF filter was entertained by Dave Siegrist - NT1U along with a financial report. A treasure's report was made by Paul Kranz - W1CFI and discussion for a new project was made as to how the new monies would be spent. Further discussion will be made in future meetings for new projects and club spending.

The following "signed in" and shared the comradery!

01. Keith Collins - WB1GGJ
02. Bob Schmeichel - N1RXV

I didn't know I had a blog.
You guys are great!

Have just ordered my kit, but, have read about powering it with 9V, insead of 12V.
My question is, does the filter draw little enough power, to make this practical? Don't want to be changing batteries every few hours of use.
Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks and 73,

Bill, k6mgo

G'day guys. I have just completed building my Nescaf and I must say, it's a great piece of gear for any qrp shack. Mine worked first time and I have made good use of it already in stormy weather here in the sub tropics. I would like to hear from experienced users what the best way to use the filter is. I find I am flat strapped just copying fast code without having to work out which knob to twiddle half way through a qso. What have you found works best? Where should the knobs be set to start off once the filter is switched in? Which pot is best to tune in first? Any ideas that could help would be most appreciated.

Just signed in as a new member and wanted to say hello to everyone. I'm about to retire and will be moving back to Mass in Nov when my wife retires. Yes, I know that sounds crazy, to move back, but with 50+ family members all in the Athol area, we decided it's cheaper to move up there than to bring them down here for visits!
For the past 6 years, I've been working 2 meters as a tech, but am learning CW and assembling a small low-power station. I'm looking forward to getting back to N.E. and getting involved with the NEQRP Club. I'll be listening in on the Thursday 80 m net and if I get brave enough I might sign in.....or maybe not!

I decided that as I put together the WM-2 QRP Wattmeter Kit from Oak Hills Research, it might be fun to photo-document the entire process ... so I did, step-by-step.
Anyone who has never built a kit will find this of interest, as will anyone who is considering this QRP Wattmeter kit. You will see the process described in about 10 large, clear photos on my website. Go to:

http://members.cox.net/jrehak/

and click on "The Joy of Kit Building"