Dear Friends,
When I sent my first message on needing help I had no idea that I would
get so many responses (about 15)! Thanks for the welcome!!!
I live in Rochester NY so if any of you live in that area please let me
know.
One suggestion was to start with more power and get some experience
before working with QRP. Any other comments on this? If I were to
start with a more powerful radio what specific radio would you suggest
looking for. I am a bit apprehensive about boat anchors as the price of
tubes and the constant fiddling don't apeal to me. I would like
something simple and hopefully inexpensive. I looked at the Ten-Tec
Scout which looks interesting, any comments on this tranceiver?
There seems to be a number of manufacturers of QRP tranceiver kits but I
have no idea of which ones are best to deal with in terms of reliability,
service, quality,etcc. Would anyone care to comment on especially good
or bad experiences with these companies (off th list if you want).
An antenna is also a problem as I live on a small city lot and would like
to keep the antenna in the back yard and would prefer not to use a tower.
An antenna that would double for SWLing would also be useful. Any
ideas???
My interest in QRP stems from not having a lot of $$$ for the hobby and
that I enjoy making things. The idea of building my own rig really
appeals to me. My first exposure to Amateur Radio was back in the mid
1950s when my dads friends father invited me to see his radio. He had a
couple of black boxes with lotsa dials. Ones was a SW receiver and the
other was a transceiver. He also had a rather large tower in the back
yard. A number of years later I looked into getting a liscense but the
code req. stopped me. A friend, Rick Rubino KB2UJY, got his tech ticketa
couple of years ago so I figured I could and so I did. The more I have
looked and read the more CW appeals to me and now I am making an effort
to learn it.
Again thanks for your offers of assistance! Have patience with this
ignorant fellow.
73
Jack
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