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Colorado QRP Club, Inc.

Life's too short for $800 finals!

Our next Regular meeting will take place:
Saturday, May 10, 2008 at 10:00 am

Meeting Location: Generously provided by Milestone Technologies
10691 East Bethany Drive, Suite 800 Aurora, Colorado

Guest Speaker: Randy Martin, KØEU for a presentation on his great DXpedition adventures!

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You can also click on this Google logo (below) for directions to 10691 East Bethany Drive, Aurora, where we hold our regular meetings:

Click Here for the NØTU (CQC #394) QRP ARCI YouTube video!!

Click Here for the N6HI WM-2 kit building demonstration!

Click Here for the WØHEP estate sale...

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Jay, KT5E, #784

KT5E's beam with moon!

Lou, KØANS, CQC Member 829

At far left are two pix of K5TE and part of his antenna farm. The adjacent photo is Lou operating VHF. Learn more about what Lou and our other members are up to at our Members on the Move page. Also, we're looking for more photos of CQCers with their gear, family, antennas, or favorite keyer - Contact WBØJNR, your humble webmaster, for more details!

Antenna Expert L. B. Cebik, W4RNL (SK)
CQC No. 125

L. B. Cebik, W4RNL, ARRL Technical Adviser and antenna authority, passed away recently. He was 68. An ARRL Life Member, Cebik was known to many hams for the numerous articles he wrote on antennas and antenna modeling. He had articles published in most of the US ham journals. Larry Wolfgang, WR1B, QEX Editor, called Cebik "probably the most widely published and often read author of Amateur Radio antenna articles ever to write on the subject."
Cebik lived in Knoxville, Tennessee and wrote more than a dozen books on antennas for both the beginner and the advanced student. A teacher for more than 30 years, Cebik was retired, but served as Professor Emeritus of philosophy at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
When CQC Founder Rich High, WØHEP, CQC #1, was editing The Low Down, he asked Cebik if he would contribute some antenna articles to the club's newsletter. Cebik graciously obliged and The Low Down was able to run a series of informative antenna design pieces authored by Cebik.
This article was adapted from an article by the ARRL News. The complete article can be seen at the ARRL web site.
April 2008, Submitted to CQC by ABØCD

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CQCers on the move!

(Our next regular meeting will be on Saturday, May 10, at 10:00 am)

147.225 8 pm Monday night QRP net - 146.445 Denver area QRP "Watering Hole"

Worldwide QRP Calling Frequencies

CQC Welcomes our
newest members!
KCØYDW - Casey, #844
AAØQ - Joe, #843
KCØYQI - Frank, #842
N5WNE - David, #841
WØCLT - Craig, #840

"Skill... Not Power!"

What the heck is QRP anyway? - Well, although there's really no hard and fast definition, QRP generally means to turn your transmitter power down, way down... 5 Watts output, or less, is usually considered QRP.

But why turn your power down? - The reasons are as varied as there are Ham operators! Some like the challenge while others simply enjoy back-to-basics and the tiny expense of using small radios over long distances.

Won't you join the fun? - Beginners and Old-timers all agree that QRP brings a special indescribable delight that a pair of expensive high-power transmitting finals just can't duplicate!

The Colorado QRP Club is proud to announce that it has been accepted as an affiliated club with the ARRL (American Radio Relay League). We'll post the certificate and other related info in a few more days but wanted to take this opportunity to say "Tnx!" to the ARRL for taking us into the family!!

Please remember to keep your ARRL membership current as well!

CQC is proud to sponsor the QRP Fox Hunt!!
(Click Here for our Fox Hunt archives...)

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