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Loop Antenna for 50 MHz - A magnetic loop antenna using a 28\" bicycle rim for six meter band

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

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

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 Station in a Bag - QRP Station in a Bag is a complete QRP station in an old laptop PC carrying case (photo). It is a true "Work in Progress" in that wd8rif is constantly changing the contents of the bag as learn what works and what doesn't.

Icom IC-706 Radio mods db  ^pop - Info and mods for IC-706, IC-706 Expanded frequency IC706 - spare 0.3A, MARS/CAP Modification for ICOM IC-706, enables out-of-band transmit for 1.6 MHz to 54 MHz, ore sensitive transmit for 2 meter IC-706 60 MHz to 200 MHz band pass filter, Icom IC-706 Extended RX mod, ICOM 706 MKII Extended transmit mod, Special on IC706mkII TX range expansion for IC-706MKIIG, Expand only mod for the IC-706MkII

N2APB Yaesu FT-817 review - Yaesu's FT817 and Super Antennas MP-1 review by George Heron, N2APB

Køemt's FT-817 QRP portable station - Transporting Yaesu FT-817 along with antennas and other accessories.

VX-150R yaesu 2 meter radio review - Reviews of amteur radio equipment and accessories, Yaesu VX-150 review by Jim Baudo

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

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