Category: Weiss–Ade

Ade Weiss’s New Book

Big news on the QRP/homebrew literature front. One of the titans of the genre, Ade Weiss, has released another amazing book about our hobby. I really enjoyed Ade’s first history of QRP, and, because it covers a more recent period (1968-1981), I think this new this one is even more interesting. I took a portion of it with me on the train yesterday (and will be doing the same for the rest of the week!) The book is a wonderful technical history. It is filled with interesting stories and with very illuminating schematics and technical discussions. Ade takes us through the exciting early days transistor transmitters and direct conversion receivers. There is a lot of discussion of the commercial rigs that we’ve come to know and love — lots of HW8s and Argonauts. And Ade has made it all available as a free download! Thanks Ade!

http;//www.QRPdxPropagationAntennas.com

ADE WEISS’S NEW HISTORY BOOK — PDF DOWNLOAD:

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THE FIVE-WATT QRP MOVEMENT IN THE US, 1968-1981
by Adrian Weiss W0RSP (ex-K8EEG),
author of
JOY OF QRP: STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS
HISTORY OF QRP IN THE US, 1924-60
IONOSPHERIC PROPAGATION, TRANSMISSION LINES, AND ANTENNAS FOR THE QRP DX’R
The Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Part 1. K6JSS and the 100-watt QRP ARCI …………………………………………. 1

Part 2. QRP/8 Newsletter, QRPP CORNER Column, and THE MILLIWATT:
The Beginning of the Five-Watt QRP Movement in the US … 3

Part 3. The QRP World Outside the 100-watt QRP ARCI ……………………. 22

Part 4. The QRP Takeover of the 100-watt QRP ARCI. ……………………….85

THE MILLIWATT QRPp DXCC and MILLIWATT DXCC Trophy List……….105

Adrian Weiss W0RSP’s Bibliography: Selected Technical Articles. 109

EPILOGUE: W0RSP Retro-ARRL-DX-Contest 2/18-19, 2012 Log, PIX….111

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IF you are interested in where our niche in the hobby came from, and would

like to read about the developments in technology caused by the transistor

and IC, and see many then-new but still-used circuits, and learn the

history of the commercial evolution of QRP gear from Ten-Tec, MFJ,

Heathkit and others, then this book is for you!

It is 115 PAGES in length in PDF FORMAT–

FREE!!! DOWNLOAD (32MEGS, ~ minute +/-) FROM:

www.QRPdxPropagationAntennas.com

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May 15, 2011
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NOVA QRP Club
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Finishing up Rome WSPR rig
Easy-Peasy on Asus eee-PC
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 Boatanchor News: DX-100, HT-37, “CQR” anchors, 75 meter antenna Drake 2-B history interview by W8SX
Lew McCoy and Ernest Hemingway
 Ade Weiss, QRPoetry and Ade’s new book
Regen theory
MAILBAG (with a focus on New Zealand)

Another QRPoet

I’m a big fan of Ade Weiss, and I often find myself reaching to his “History of QRP” for technical or techno-literary inspiration. Most writing about ham radio is (understandably) done in a very straightforward technical way, without a lot of emotion. But Ade’s writing style captures both the technical and the emotional aspects of homebrewing and QRP. There is a definite poetic elements to it. This article was sent to us from the Hobbit Hole by the Poet Laureate of QRP (AA1TJ). Just click on on the image to enlarge. From a 1973 issue of The Milliwatt:

2N35s, 1955… and some inspiration from AA1TJ


From Michael, AA1TJ:

Bill, I was re-reading Ade, W0RSP’s “History of QRP” last night; especially that last chapter on transistor rigs. It dawned on me that the two 2N35 transistors that I’m presently using in my 40m transmitter were built two months before Bob, W7UUZ’s famous, maiden transistor QRP contacts in August of 1955. While we can’t go back and beat Lindbergh’s first solo crossing of the Atlantic, for example, a fellow could re-live some of the excitement by building a replica of The Spirit of St. Louis and taking it up for a spin. If anything, it gives one a better appreciation of the hurdles those early trailblazers had to leap.

That’s Michael’s 2N35 rig pictured above. For more details see:
http://mjrainey.googlepages.com/80mqrptransmitter;circa1955

Michael also put a really great message on QRP-L earlier this week. I hope he reprints that on his blog.