January started off quite a bit better than last January, in which the winner had only 6 QSO points and there were 5 non-zero entries. This year, the January winner (John K4BAI) had a whopping 28 QSO

Johnny: To tell you the truth, I haven't looked yet. I've got plumbers and tuckpointers running all around my house and I had to take my wife to PT. Now I'm headed to the doctor for my 6 month checkup

OK folks. I almost forgot that last night was the First Second Sunday Sprint of the new year. You know the drill. Enter your score (at qrpcontest.com) before tomorrow evening. I'll either tabulate the

Tim: The tuner has two distinct parts. If you are using it with a receiver, the only functional parts are the two switches (SW1 and SW2), the two variable capacitors (C1 and C2), and the inductor (L1)

Unlike FM, with DMR you need to "ker-chunk" your radio when you select the appropriate talk group, to let "the system" know you wish to monitor that group. Before that light bulb lit up in my feeble m

There's a similar device described in the July, 1997 QST that I almost built one time. Something like that would be fun and easy to build, but the warning about having long ragchews is important. If y

Non directional beacon. I had to look it up myself. 72, John, AA0VE

As long as we are speculating, how about a hybrid? A tube transceiver that uses a solid state VFO (for stability) (or at least a VXO). It's been done before (lots of times). Here's a hair-brained idea

It was an exciting yearlong contest, all the way to the end. I believe Chas, W2SH, was leading virtually all year. He ended up with a total of 158 points. However, in December, John, K4BAI, roared ahe

Well, the final installment of the 2020 Second Sunday Sprint has come and gone. Please send in your score prior to Tuesday evening, so I can tally everything. Note the cumulative scores listed on the

Well, for a moment I was excited. After entering the data, I did a sort to see who bubbled up to the top spot this month. Lo and behold, my callsign showed up! But then I realized I had sorted the lis

This is the monthly reminder to send in your score from yesterday's Second Sunday Sprint (NOT your November Sweepstakes score!). It seems that more than a few of us got caught up in the November sweep

In September, we had 14 SSS participants, which I thought was very good, until October came around. This month, we had 16 participants, which is close to a record, which is 17 for 2020. I don't know t

If you participated in the Second Sunday Sprint last night, don't forget to send in your score before Tuesday evening (qrpcontest.com) 72, John, AA0VE 4SQRP Contest Coordinator

Johnny: Don't you mean 9:00 CDT? 73 John, AA0VE

#cal-reminder

Well, things are starting to get interesting. Carl, WB0CFF and John, K4BAI both came in with 34 QSO points, a great showing. With that, John has wrested the lead away from Chas, W2SH. John now has 140

Well, today is the day after the September Second Sunday Sprint (SSSS). What that means is everyone who participated last night needs to send in their score by late Tuesday afternoon. I plan to tabula

CW only. The DMR net at 9:00 (CDT) is digital voice. 72, John, AA0VE

#cal-reminder

We had 11 participants in the August SSS, which happens to be the average number of participants for 2020 (so far). The winner for the month was Carl, WB0CFF with 23 QSO points, followed by Nick, WB5B

Make sure you enter your score (qrpcontest.com/4sqrp) before tomorrow evening. Results will be tabulated and reported Wednesday morning. 72, John, AA0VE 4SQRP Contest Coordinator