First QSOs on New Setup

I got to try the new radio and antenna a couple nights after the end of the 2011 ARRL CW DX contest.  While I wasn't QRV for the contest, at least there were a few folks still active after the contest running in contest mode, which seems easier for making quick QRP QSOs.  That first night I was able to work a CE and CX on 20m at 5 watts output and on 40m I picked up a VP5 while running 2.5 watts and a J7 while running 5 watts.  So, I'm 1/25 of the way to a QRP DXCC without yet working my own country!  All QSOs were made using an end-fed multi-band half wave antenna at 50'.

A couple nights later I tried the 40m QRP Fox Hunt but was unable to make a QSO in an hour and a half of trying.  I could hear lots of 5 watt stations calling, and at times K0FRP, one of the foxes, was a solid S-7, so I figured it would be an easy QSO.  Not true at all as it turns out.  I'm just beginning to experience the joys of QRP I suspect!

AA4GA is once again QRV

After a couple years of QRT-ness, I'm starting to get back on the air.  I'd taken down the website because it was in dire need of refreshing, so I figured now is a good time to get it back going again.  More to come.