The QRPer Board

Brian,
A bad day of activating is better than a good day sitting at home!
CW will make QRP activations a lot easier than SSB. If you're not ready for CW, FT8 is easier and usually more efficient with your 5w than either mode.

73,
Mike, KL7MJ

This probably isn't the best time to invest in a 10m-only rig!
Seriously, most POTA activations are done on 20m and 40m. If you have a rig that covers one or both of these bands, you'll be ok.

73,
Mike, KL7MJ

That's a cool antenna! I've been playing with a Gawant and an L match recently, but I'm going to try this (and the 80m version too)!
Thanks for sharing!

73,
Mike, KL7MJ

Ted,
It was a lot of fun (and frustration). I'm thinking about building a Tuna Tin S, a simple transmitter that uses an Si5351 as the VFO. Hope to hear you on 40!

73,
Mike, KL7MJ

I built a 20m RockMite several months ago, or at least got to the 90% point and got distracted. Last week I decided to finish it and put it in the traditional Altoids case. Once I got everything situated inside, I was happy to make contacts with POTA stations in IL and MA. Not bad for a little 1/2 w...

The short answer is no - a magloop is essentially a large LC circuit, so it needs "C". Having said that, you could use a fixed-value capacitor that will resonate the loop on 14.074, but I'm not sure how sensitive the loop would be from installation to installation. I have a few small verti...

You should expect much better performance from a dipole. I've had an MFJ 1899T for a long time. It does work, but it is a very short, compromise antenna. Propagation plays a major role with this antenna, and the bands haven't been very good lately (at least from my QTH).

I enjoyed Chris' posts on the carrot. I think I'd like to try it myself, but probably with a (ttr)uSDX, since I already 3D printed the case.

Welcome Marc!

I was down in your neck of the woods a couple of weeks ago, outside of Cape Charles. I had a good time operating my TR-35 and watching the freighters go up and down Chesapeake Bay. The pace was a nice change from northern VA. Hope to hear you on the air!

73,
Mike, KL7MJ

After running the numbers, I assume that the design is metric?

73,
Mike, KL7MJ