Early Morning QRPing on 80 Meters

[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return in 1 week to keep this great thing growing.

Today was indeed another good day as I worked 4 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO.
I am running a K3 at 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.

I worked:
N5GW          GENE in Vicksburg, MS
WB8ICN.      MIKEY in Jackson, MI
WA5BDU     NICK in Russelville, AR
W4DBV.       DAVE in Old Hickory, TN

Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun
spot lull.

Pete WK8S

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[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return in 1 week to keep this great thing going and growing.

Today was a good day as I worked 2 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO.
I am running a K3 at 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.

I worked:
N5GW          GENE in Vicksburg, MS
W5RES     LARRY in Haileyville, OK

Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun
spot lull.

Pete WK8S

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[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return at the end of the week to keep this great thing going and growing.

Today was an OK day as I worked 1 station from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO.
I am running a K3 at 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.
Conditions were not the best but I enjoyed the QSO.

I worked:
K5PD       Dallas, TX


Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun
spot lull.

Pete WK8S

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[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return at the end of the week to keep this great thing going and growing.

Today was an Great day even though conditions were noisy with QRN. I worked 4 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO and only called CQ once. What fun!
Today I used a newly acquired mcHF SDR QRP Transceiver Kit by M0NKA built by Steli, AE6OR. I ran 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.
Check out the mcHF at http://www.m0nka.co.uk 

I worked:
W3KC CHARLES in DAMASCUS, MD
K5PD PETE in SUNNYVALE (DALLAS), TX
W4MJE JIM in MOBILE, AL
KD9VT DAVE in SILVIS, IL

I appreciate the skills and patience of all the station operators who contact me. It makes getting up so early here worthwhile.

Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun
spot lull.

Pete WK8S

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[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF is on vacation I am stepping in until his return at the end of the week to keep this great thing going and growing.

Today was another fun day and conditions were ok till about 5:45AM then got noise for QRP. I worked 3 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO this morning
Today I again used a newly acquired mcHF SDR QRP Transceiver. I ran 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.
Check out the mcHF at http://www.m0nka.co.uk <http://www.m0nka.co.uk/>

I worked:
AC5P MIKE IN BARTLESVILLE, OK
N5GW GENE IN VICKSBURG, MS
W8SDG   MARC IN GRAND RAPIDS, MI

I appreciate the skills and patience of all the station operators who contact me. It makes getting up so early here worthwhile.

Like Ed I will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z
while I have my morning coffee. Just might be the way to survive the sun
spot lull.

Pete WK8S

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[PeteWK8S]

Hi all,

While Ed AB8DF has been on vacation I stepped in until his return and it’s been great fun. I expect Ed AB8DF will be on frequency again starting on Monday morning. Please work Ed  and maybe look for me up a Khz or so above him.

Today was another fun day and conditions were a bit noisy. I had nice QSOs with 3 stations from my qth in Manitou Springs, CO this morning
I again used a newly acquired mcHF SDR QRP Transceiver. I ran 5 watts into an end fed half wave up about 30 feet.
Check out the mcHF at http://www.m0nka.co.uk <http://www.m0nka.co.uk/>  or the EFHW antenna at http://myantennas.com/wp/product/efhw-8010p/ <http://myantennas.com/wp/product/efhw-8010p/>
(BTW… no affiliation with the above products but enjoy them)

I worked:
K5BGB ROD IN BRYAN, TX
N4ELM DAVE IN LAFAYETTE, LA
W5YB ALEX IN ABIQUIU, NM

I appreciate the skills and patience of all the station operators who contact me. It makes getting up so early here worthwhile.

Ed will be hanging out on 3.560 most weekday mornings from 1200z to 1300z and I will be about a kHz above him.
while we have morning coffee.
"Just might be the way to survive the sun spot lull." … as Ed says!

Pete WK8S
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