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W2LJ QRP - When you care to send the very least!

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The next time someone you know talks down QRP:

Posted: 01 Dec 2021 07:47 AM PST http://w2lj.blogspot.com/2021/12/the-next-time-someone-you-know-talks.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email


Dave KD2FSI just posted the following to the SPARC Facebook page:
The 2021 Field Day results database is out.
The South Plainfield Amateur Radio Club ranked 203 out of a total of 5878 entries in all categories. This would put us within the upper 4% in the
nation.
We ranked 8th out of all 220 entries in the Hudson Division also putting us within the upper 4% in all categories.
And we ranked 3rd out of 93 entries in the NNJ section. (W2LJ note - that
puts us in the top 4% in NNJ)
We came within the upper 5% for all QRP entries in the nation (W2LJ note -
24th out of 547 entries) and 3rd out of 10 entries for the 3AB category.
No matter how you look at the data; we did outstanding!
73, Dave KD2FSI
So when someone laughs at you when you tell them you want to do a QRP Field
Day and they tell you, "We'll never make any contacts!" just keep our
results up your sleeve. QRP CAN hold it's own!
I thought after our first Field Day in 2014, that the rest of the club
would want to go up to 100 Watts for 2015. They chose to stick with the 5
Watt limit. We've always done well. This year, we kept it even simpler
using only wire and vertical antennas - no yagis, no Hexbeams - and our
results show what 5 Watts and simple antennas are capable of. You don't
have to kill yourself to have fun and put up respectable results for Field
Day. The KISS principle does work!
72 de Larry W2LJ
QRP - When you care to send the very least!

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