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QPR and portable antennas articles - This is a collection of articles, generally from QRP-L, about QRP operations and portable antennas

PAC-12 Antenna - mobile multiband  ^pop - Here’s an award-winning, easy-to-homebrew, multi-band portable vertical antenna designed by long-time antenna aficionado James Bennett, KA5DVS. He’s documented the design and construction plans for a portable antenna that can be built with relatively ordinary components

M1IOS - Wonder Whip antenna and tuner Priority listing - M1IOS Wonder Whip antenna - The M1IOS Wonder Whip A 10 dollars QRP Portable Multiband Antenna for HF, VHF and UHF A variation on the Miracle Whip and Wander Wand. This antenna tuning unit will get your SWR really low on telescopic whips, mobile 3/8th antenna and long wires. A remarkable little tuner that really works!

Antenna tips for the beginner - Some rules of thumb for beginners, with a QRP approach, by James R. Duffey KK6MC/5

St. louis vertical updates - The St. Louis Vertical Revisited by Dave Gauding, NF0R here are a few ideas and observations on the St. Louis Vertical

NorCal Doublet Antenna - A simple antenna that can be erected very fast, only need one center support, and do not take up much storage room. Works from 40 to 10 meters band

Crappie Antenna - A NorCal Project A Crappie, not crappy, portable antenna

How to Put up a Portable Antenna - Putting up wire antennas is always a fun proposition. Sometimes it is fun for the participants and often fun for on-lookers. There are at least as many methods as there are folks putting up antennas.

What is QRP - To those new to the hobby of Amateur Radio, hearing the term QRP often raises questions: What is QRP? Why do some hams choose to operate QRP? How can I operate QRP? These are good questions, and all are worth asking. This article will attempt to answer these questions. by William Eric McFadden

QRP Calling Frequencies - Where to operate QRP

Build a logging frequency counter - Pictures, photos, source code and plans to build a logging frequency counter

The manhatten style nb6m 10 - An Homebrew 10 Meter transceiver

Sierra mods - This is a collection of emails collected over time which indicate how to put some mods into your Sierra transceiver. Most of the mods have to do with improving the power output.

MicroBeacon - The MicroBeacon is the combination of a memory keyer and controllable RF attenuator.

Tuna Tin - A resurrection of some homebrew projects from our vintage years and the NorCal-sponsored project series in tribute to Doug DeMaw, W1FB

The smk-1 on 20m - Taking the venerable SMK-1 design to 20m and adding an RF amp, audio filter, and a TiCK Keyer ... by Wayne McFee, NB6M

Portable PSK Station - Color photos, schematic and diagrams for an article written by N2APB for Fall 2000 QRPp. Also the subject of a presentation made at the Pacificon QRP Forum in October 2000.An Integrated and Portable PSK Station for 80 & 20 without using a PC!

Pixie2 - Pixie-2 schematic and part lists

NN1G Transceiver - 30 meters band transceiver

NB6M paddles - Paddles by Wayne McFee, NB6M

QRP Paddles - Paddles by Jim Nestor WK8G/2

N2WF paddles - Paddles by Bill Nicolson, N2WF

W4ATC QRP Project - Beginners making inexpensive, low-power shortwave transceivers from kits.

Rainbow Antenna Analyzer - A small and inexpensive measurement device designed to determine antenna performance across the amateur bands through use of automatically collected SWR readings

Rf probe - A sensitive RF probe is very useful in a situation where an oscilloscope is not available