QRP Amateur Radio Club International
QRP ARCI is a club for low power enthusiasts worldwide.
We produce a professional quality magazine (QRP Quarterly), organize an annual conference at Dayton ('Four Days In May' or FDIM), and sponsor various QRP contests and awards.
Our aim is to promote QRP and a variety of related activites. Many of our members enjoy home construction, kit building, antenna experimentation, backpacking and portable operation. Minimalist radios built in small tins are very popular but we also enjoy the very latest high performance radios such as the Elecraft KX3, the new SDR rigs, and great kits like the QCX from QRP Labs, kits from 4 States QRP Group, and the uBitx rigs.
QRP-ARCI is an affiliated Club of the American Radio Relay League
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FDIM 2023 Winners
FDIM Winners and BIG winners for 2023
Results of the Homebrew Contest
Category 100 Station Accessories
Adam Kimmerly K6ARK – 3D printed keys
Category 200 Transmitters Receivers Transceivers Power Supplies
Will Harris KI4POV – 4 band transceiver
Category 300 All Scratch Built
James Scott WB0IYC – Multi-Reflex Receiver
Category 400 Test Equipment and Construction Aids
Harold Smith AE6TI
Category 500 Antennas, Solar, and Battery Chargers
Ross Ballantyne VK1UN – Antenna Tuners
Best of Show
Ross Ballantyne VK1UN
The 2-Transistor Receiver Challenge proved a challenge to perform! We had four entries, and it became evident early on that noise from nearby switching power supplies was preventing measurement of the actual receiver noise floor. Consequently the RF to Audio gain of receiver was used as the evaluation criterion, instead of the original plan to measure MDS. The outcomes of the event were:
Entrant Gain
James Scott WB0IYC 60 dB
Harold Smith KE6TI 59 dB
Jerry Wolczanski –
Will Harris KI4POC 38 dB
The winner of the Begali Key was Frank Cates W5BAP
The winner of the IC705 was Jeff Tucker W9TH
The winner of the FT818/A817 package was Tim McLeod
David W. Cripe, NM0S
NM0S Electronics
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QRP Hall of Fame Has Two new Members
QRP-ARCI Announces Hall of Fame Induction
The votes have been tabulated, and QRPARCI is pleased to announce that
John Shannon K3WWP and Tom Witherspoon K4SWL have been voted into the QRPARCI Hall of Fame.
It is my pleasure to welcome John and Tom into the QRP Hall of Fame!
73 Dave Cripe NM0S
It is my pleasure to welcome John and Tom into the QRP Hall of Fame!
73 Dave Cripe NM0S
President
QRP-ARCI