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You're visiting one of the oldest continuously updated ham radio sites on the Internet, founded on September 8, 1996. I've been consistently showing how easy it is to communicate using only 5 watts of power or less into simple wire antennas IF you use Morse Code. No matter what your interests - DX, contesting, rag-chewing, awards, etc., you CAN succeed with a simple station as I have. My site offers many examples of what I have done (and YOU can do) with CW/QRP and simple wire antennas from a valley location. You'll also find many good tips and much useful information concerning other aspects of ham radio. |
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TRY CW - IT WILL BE LOVE AT FIRST DIT
>> On this page: <<
MONTHLY POLL - NORTH AMERICAN QRP CW CLUB - GUESTBOOK - CW QRP QSO OF THE DAY - BOOKMARK MY SITE - NOTES
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| >> MONTHLY POLL |
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Click the question to take the poll or view results. Jun 15, 2013 - Jul 14, 2013.
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| >> NORTH AMERICAN QRP CW CLUB |
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I'm proud to be a member, officer, and co-founder of the NAQCC which (as I am) is devoted to promoting CW and QRP usage on the ham bands. Consider this my personal invitation to join the club and assist us in these efforts. Membership is FREE. Over 6,700 members have been signed up since the club's inception in October 2004. With its devotion strictly to QRP/CW, that makes it one of the fastest growing and largest specialty ham radio clubs in the world. CW is indeed still alive and well. For more info and/or to join the club, click here.
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| >> GUESTBOOK |
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Join 3398 different visitors from at least 144 countries who have signed as of 23-May-13.
SIGN  HERE
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| >> CW QRP QSO OF THE DAY |
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When I worked Chuck, KG9N/C6A (see QSL) as my first QSO of August 5, 1994, that started a still continuing streak of making one or more QSO's every day using QRP, Morse Code, and simple wire antennas.
When I made 6 QSO's on February 7, 2011, that started a 2nd streak of making at least one extra QSO per day which I voluntarily ended on February 6, 2012 after one full year of 365 days. I don't think making a second QSO proved anything more than making one QSO did. One QSO proves that QRP/CW/simple wire antennas work, which is the point of my main streak. That will continue until something beyond my control brings it to an end.
I believe the streak is significant not for anything personal, but because it shows the effectiveness of CW even at QRP power levels. The streak has gone through all stages in a sunspot cycle from the depths of a minimum to the heights of a maximum without missing a beat.
A detailed explanation follows the table.
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| UTC Date | Day # | Call | QTH | Name | Bnd | Note | Hour | Nr. of QSOs |
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| 6/18/13 |
6,893 | R2LAC | EUR | AL | 20 | - | 00 | - |
| 6/17/13 |
6,892 | RN3GL | EUR | MIKE | 17 | - | 00 | 4 |
| 6/16/13 |
6,891 | RT0F | ASR | - | 15 | T | 00 | 3 |
| 6/15/13 |
6,890 | R8MC | ASR | - | 20 | T | 00 | 1 |
| 6/14/13 |
6,889 | RX6LG | EUR | SANY | 20 | - | 00 | 4 |
| 6/13/13 |
6,888 | S56CW | SLV | - | 20 | - | 00 | 2 |
| 6/12/13 |
6,887 | CM2CCA | CUB | - | 20 | 1 | 00 | 2
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| 6/11/13 |
6,886 | S51AP | SLV | IVAN | 20 | - | 00 | 2 |
| 6/10/13 |
6,885 | KH6MB | HAW | - | 15 | - | 00 | 1 |
| 6/9/13 |
6,884 | HG7T | HUN | - | 20 | T | 00 | 3 |
The table above shows info on QSOs I've made on the most recent 10 days. The table structure is:
Columns:
UTC Date: Date according to UTC or Z time - 8PM to 8PM EDST or 7PM to 7PM EST.
Day #: Number of days in the streak
Call: The call of the station that I worked to continue the streak
QTH: State, Province, or Country abbreviation.
Name: The name of the ham in the QSO
Bnd: The band of the QSO
Note:
C - the QSO came from my CQ
N - the station is a NAQCC member
Q - the station I worked was also QRP
T - the QSO came from a contest
1 - the DX answered my first call
E - a tail-end call from the station
- - none of the above
Hour: The UTC (Z) hour of the QSO
Nr of QSOs: The number of QSOs I made that day
Streak stats as of May 31, 2013:
Days - 6,875
Total QSO's - 58,721
mW QSO's - 1,334
DX QSO's - 16,944
Different hams - 17,177
Check my Streak Update report for more stats and details.
Thanks to everyone I work, not just those stations listed above. To see all my QRP QSO's, check the Logs section.
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| >> BOOKMARK MY SITE |
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Right click the link below and select 'Add to Favorites...' -or- 'Add Bookmark'
K3WWP's Ham Radio Activities
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| >> NOTES |
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REGULAR SITE MAINTENANCE:
Daily - Add a diary entry (HOME-Diary)
Daily - Add data to my propagation tables (PROPAGATION-Main)
Daily - Add my streak QSO to the streak table (this page)
Daily - Add QSO's to my on-line log (LOGS)
Each Monday - Update contest results when needed (CONTESTING-Results)
Each Monday - Add guestbook info to Visitors List (VISITORS LIST)
1st of each month - Update streak totals (this page)
15th of each month - Change the poll question (this page)
18th of each month - Update prefix totals (AWARDS-WPX)
23rd of each month - Update LOTW totals (AWARDS-DXCC,WAC,WAS)
23rd of each month - Update # of Visitors (this page & VISITORS LIST)
About every other month - Add a FISTS column (CW-FISTS Columns)
Every 6 months - Update USACA totals (AWARDS-USACA)
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