The QRPer Board

Conditions have been pretty rough all year, at least on the weekends. You still make contacts though. Don't worry about it. You will still make contacts. I don't have a radio that expensive as the ones you listed. You can always get something more budget friendly, maybe not as convenient. I have an ...

I remember chugging along putting together my rockmite and then running into something that was stumping me. I think I put a resistor in the wrong spot but I figured it out. There's just enough components on there that you better in the mood to be paying attention or you're better off leaving it alo...

Awesome. I've got a 40M Rockmite and have had a lot of fun with it. These are fun kits...a bit easier to use than a pixie. You can make contacts with them if your patient. I don't know how the chip works on the board, but I'm fascinated by how cool the CW menu system is. I just put together a Tuna T...

* I mostly was trying the data portion of the 40m and 20m bands. I'm thinking my next step will probably be to homebrew a simple dipole and compare results. I guess one way, if you're doing data, is just camp on those FT8 frequencies and see how you do. Wouldn't even worry about the RBN, just see i...

What bands are you trying? I've never used an antenna like that but I guess it's 52" long...I'm sure it works, and it doesn't sound like you've done anything wrong, but band conditions haven't been that great lately and that antenna might require some patience. Are you sending with a straight k...