12/11/2005 |
K0T V
It's a lot of fun to operate QRP and not be weak. I like to call it "high power QRP". I've done it twice before on CW SS - once from K1EA (paper logging in the room where CT was written, cuz I hadn't learned how to use CT yet), and once from K1TTT. This time, Jerry, K0TV, was kind enough to let me operate his excellent station for QRP SS. His newly erected 40 meter beam worked great, and he even put up an 80M dipole for me (his four-square is better for DX contests). The Ten Tec Orion is an awesome radio, with the bandwidth fine-tuning that I've always wanted. At home, I just have an IC706MKIIG and a low wire dipole on the side of my duplex condo, so this was a real treat. -- Eliot -- W1MJ