Hi Mark, Happy New Year to you too!!
I've been a ham for 3 yrs now and about 99% CW/QRP. Forget about "watering holes" and concentrate more on the most active bands at any given time. 10M has been fantastic lately and when it's open, you will find it's a great place to get QRP DX. Same with 17M. At night, it's 20m and 30m early then on to 40m and 80m. Check out some of the sprints that the QRP clubs sponsor. ARCI, NAQCC, SKCC. It's a good way to get on the air and hear a lot of other QRP'rs. Here's a great link farm for QRP http://www.amqrp.org/misc/links.html Someone else mentioned the EARCHI antenna. I had one and I liked it so much, I started making a version of that antenna that many hundreds of ops have been very happy with. You can read all about it here: http://kx3helper.com/endfed-40-6m-antenna/ Many of the do's and don'ts already mentioned are good advice. A lot of the fun is telling the op on the other end just after he gives you a 599 and tells you that he's using the Wizbang 5000 1200w amp, that you're using your KX3 at 5W. Ha! That's sum good radio fun. Have a good time and I'll look for you on the air. Best 72/73 Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Roberts-W1SFR Sudbury, VT http://www.kx3helper.com Fists, CW OPS, QRP ARCI, SKCC, NEQRP, NAQCC, FP, ARRL, Green Mountain Wireless Society (802)779-7489 (cell) On Jan 4, 2015, at 1:34 PM, Mark Tellez wrote: > Hello all and happy 2015! > > I am not new to amateur radio but I am new to the world of QRP. > I recently received a KX3 and would like to try it out. I live in Colorado > and I have access to both a Buddipole and an Alexloop antenna. > > I have a few questions as a QRP newbie: > > 1) what are the most popular QRP bands for monitoring and what are the main > calling frequencies (day and night)? > > 2) is there a book or website that will give a QRP newbie some background > info on the do and don'ts of QRP? > > 3) I am looking for an antenna that can be left attached to the KX3 that > will provide decent HF reception so that I can monitor frequencies during > the times when my other antennas are put away. Any suggestions? > > 4) I am considering buying a PAR end fed antenna. Any comments on the PAR > vs my other options (Alexloop, Buddipole)? > > Thanks, > > Mark > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to steve...@shoreham.net ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to arch...@mail-archive.com
