On 1/4/2015 10:34 AM, Mark Tellez wrote:
I am not new to amateur radio but I am new to the world of QRP. I recently received a KX3 and would like to try it out. I live in Colorado and I have access to both a Buddipole and an Alexloop antenna.
I sold my Buddipole and got an AlexLoop, and I'm not sorry at all. The loop sets up in 5 min, less if I concentrate on it. I have mine on a light irrigation sprinkler tripod, I can sit under it and reach up to tune it. One warning: The Alex is a resonant transformer, and *must* be tuned to resonance. If you get it "close" and let the ATU match it, you'll discover you have a somewhat pricey dummy load.
I have a few questions as a QRP newbie: 1) what are the most popular QRP bands for monitoring and what are the main calling frequencies (day and night)?
14050 and vicinity is popular. You can find a whole lot of folks around the SOTA watering holes between 14060 - 14065. Same for 15, 21060 - 21065. 10115 is also popular. You can see spots for summit activations at sotawatch.org
2) is there a book or website that will give a QRP newbie some background info on the do and don'ts of QRP?
Probably, but I don't know of any. *Don't* call CQ DE W1XXX/QRP. :-) It seems to be a hot button for some folks.
4) I am considering buying a PAR end fed antenna. Any comments on the PAR vs my other options (Alexloop, Buddipole)?
EFHW's are popular with the Summits On The Air crowd. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 50th Running of the Cal QSO Party 3-4 Oct 2015 - www.cqp.org ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
