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

Hi! This is one of those things I imagine everybody knows, but I never heard about it before it stubbed my toe.

When copying a weak CW signal on a noisy band, adjust the NOTCH to a point just above the desired signal. Doing so seems to make the desired signal pop out in the audio, while reducing close-in noise. Please try it.

Hello all; I am 68yrs and a retired electrician. First licenced 1954 as Wn1DGE at 15.
I am just getting active again building after 30yr. Last time I built anything was in 70's. I just finished a DC40a that has got me hooked again on minimalmist rigs. I have always enjoyed using CW always under 50W. Committing to 5w or less is very intriguing.
I'm finding that my junk-box is conducive to building glow-bug type gear so kits are the order of the day.

In the step that says apply audio to C9, the audio I want to apply is from my rig. Do I connect one lead of my audio output to C9 and the other to ground?

It must be spring.

That would explain why I'm throwing things at the trees again. Sure, I'm actually trying to aim tethered projectiles over trees but these shots are turning out to be the exception rather than the rule. This evening, I left work a little early to see if I could place a line in a tall pine. This tree stands with a cluster of others at the south edge of my backyard and makes a nice vertex for a new, 80-meter, horizontal loop antenna that I want to raise. There's a relatively short, optimal period in the spring -- between when it gets warm enough to work outside but not so warm that the ground turns muddy or the leaves sprout and obstruct my aim -- for stringing wire antennas in my yard. That would be now.

After a FB QRP CW QSO recently with Dennis, K1LGQ, I checked out his invitation to join the New England QRP Club, and was impressed with the NEScaf. I received my kit yesterday, and installed components up to the point where I need the 20 pin socket (RS # 276-1991) which I'll get today. I also purchased the capacitor kit at the same time which was a real bargain. My order arrived in only a couple of days. Also,I hope to check into the WQ1RP CW net soon. Thanks again Dennis!

Bill W8YT

The New England QRP Club has kitted NP0 capacitors for builders and experimenters -- 10 each of 18 different values. You can order them through the NEQRP Club Store. June 2008: Out of stock

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NEQRPr's,

My name is Bill Hahn and I am a new member as of this morning. I recently became interested in QRP and also CW. I am a no-code General and have had my ticket since 1992. I have been working very hard to improve my CW skills, unfortunately my sending is improving faster than my recieving abilities, but I intend to keep at it.

I love to build stuff and noticed some of the great kits this club offers. I have built other kit radios from TenTec and others. I am anxiously awaiting the arrival of an Elecraft K1 that I ordered for use at a recently aquired summer camp in mid-state NH. I decided that CW + QRP was the right combination for the summer camp. I am dreaming of sitting on the front deck at dusk with my K1 and a pair of headphones...sounds like heaven!