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Colorado QRP Club, Inc.

Life's too short for $800 finals!

February 4th Arizona ScQRPions FYBO (Freeze Your "Buns" Off...)

QRP Winter Sprint/QSO party - click Here for all the details!

BBQ Ham Productions (Video Trailer Rated "H" - suitbable for all HAM audiences!)

Every Monday night, at 8 pm local time, we hold a Two Meter net in the Denver area on 147.225 MHz. This net
can be accessed by computer link from other parts of the state (and country!) - Click Here for more details. In the
Denver area you can access the 147.225 "machine" with a 107.2 Hz CTCSS tone and +600 KHz offset. Everyone
is encouraged (you don't have to be a member!) to check into the Monday night net and join the fun!

Click Here for the new Novice Historical Society site by AC6C!

Click Here for a YouTube video of NØPQV's dozen mobile radios in one car!!

Click Here to join our club!

Dues are only $6.00 per year ($10 for DX) and include
a supscription to our club newsletter, The Low Down.

P.O. Box 17174
Golden, Colorado
80402 USA

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CQCers on the move!

(Our next regular meeting will take place on Saturday morning, March 10th)

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

Worldwide QRP Calling Frequencies

CQC Welcomes our
newest members!
KDØQAY - Luke, #931
KDØMXD - Jim, #930
KBØCHT - Jeffrey, #929
KDØKJE - Pete, #928
N4DSP - Peter, #927

Click Here for a recent NPR story about our growing amateur radio hobby!

Click Here for an historic YouTube video about amateur radio...

How's your membership? Did you know we're now mailing paper copies of the Low Down to all current members??!!
Click Here to join or renew your CQC membership - The nation's best QRP Club!

Members on the Move

We're always looking for photos and stories from our members for publication on our website or newsletter. So, contact your humble webmaster,
or newsletter editor, if you have pix or text about your gear, family, antennas, favorite keyer, or just about anything else related to ham radio and QRP!

Click Here for a video of KT5E installing his new tower and 30 meter yagi!

One Watt above 14060 feet! (4,285 meters)

In the Fall Steve, NXØL, climbed Mt. Bierdstadt - a
14er located about 35 miles west of downtown Denver.
Go to our Members on the Move page for more info
about Steve's climb up Bierdstadt!

WBØJNR (CQC # 7) and his XYL made their way to Antarctica last year. In this photo Roger is "pounding brass" in the radio room at the Port Lockroy museum on Goudier Island, Antarctica.

"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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