June 17th - QRP Day?

I've read that June 17th is the international QRP Day but I've not found much information about this on the internet. Can someone please help me with some more information?


http://www.iaru-r3.org/news/QRPday.htm

Norwegian Hammeeting 2009

The Norwegian Hammeeting 2009 starts today! I'm going there tomorrow with some ham friends and we will stay until Sunday. I will join the Hamfest, some of the speaks and NRRLs yearly General Meeting.

http://www.hammeeting.no/

QSL received

I received direct qsl card from CN2BC (op: "Hart" DL7BC) today and from JO7CVU Ken yesterday. Both are new confirmed countries to me! Thanks to both of you for your fast reply!

My DXCC list: http://home.broadpark.no/~mnygaa/dxcc.html

Solar Minimum

I'm a regular listener of N2CQRs SolderSmoke podcast. In issue 105 Bill is talking about the Deep Solar Minimum we are experiencing at the moment and that we should be proud of operating qrp under these conditions. I couldn't agree more! If you make DX contacts at qrp levels now I'm sure you can handle just about any kind of conditions.

NASA: Deep Solar Minimum
http://www.soldersmoke.com/

W3EDP followup # 2

I tested the W3EDP antenna during my Easter vacation and my first impression is not very good. I found it a bit noisy and I received rather poor reports during my qsos. I will do some more testing before I throw it away.

W3EDP followup

I started the day by visiting our local radio club because of the great open parking place. There I raised my new W3EDP antenna to check that I could tune it properly with the Elecraft T1 ATU. It tuned all right on all the bands I tried with the long "second leg" on 80m and 40m and the short "second leg" on 20m and 15m. The antenna was mounted inverted V style with a 6m telescopic rod supporting the center. I didn't test any qsos and will report back with more results later.

W3EDP antenna

Tonight I've spent a little time making myself a W3EDP antenna for portable use. The longest leg is 25.6m and the two changeable short legs are 5.16m and 1.98m. I plan to tune it with my Elecraft T1 ATU.

I'm looking forward to test it during the easter holiday, maybe from a SOTA summit or some other portable location.

http://www.i1wqrlinkradio.com/antype/ch4/chiave1826.htm