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July
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Missouri
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Some of
the photos below are "clickable" to view a larger image file.
Our July luncheon get-together was
held on Saturday, July 20th at Barney's Kitchen in Seneca, Missouri.
Walter and Joy Dufrain,
AG5P & NQ5R, had a surprise for everyone
today. They brought shirt iron-on transfers and name badges with our group's
logo for our members. Very professional looking. Thanks Walter and Joy!
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Jay Rupar KØETC
demonstrates how to make Manhattan pads using a homemade punch and die.
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Larry
Sparks, NØBHU and Cecil
Weinstein, NØEHP looking over several
homebrew projects.
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At our June meeting, Doug Hendricks, KI6DS, passed
out NorCal 7040 KHz crystals and challenged us to build something by the next
meeting! Well, today there were many homebrew projects on the lunch table for
show-and-tell. Looks like Doug's strategy worked!
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Gene Sailsbury,
NØMQ is building a homebrew 40 meter transmitter in a Whitman's
candy box.
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Joe Porter, WØMQY shows
us his 40 meter transmitter project and a homebrew 12 volt gel cell battery
charger.
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Gene Sailsbury is sporting a new call now. Instead
of KCØIKY, he is now known on the air as NØMQ. Gene is building
a 250 milliwatt 40 meter transmitter using the NorCal 7040 KHz crystal.
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Clockwise from the top left: KØETC's
Manhattan punch and a 40 meter transmitter, WØCH's 40 meter CW
transceiver, NØBHU's 40 meter receiver and his transmitter project
(on the receiver case top),
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WØMQY's 40 meter transmitter
in an Altoids box build using Manhattan construction techniques.
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Looks like most everybody is building something
as a result of Doug's challenge. Thanks Doug!
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WØCH's
one watt 40 meter transmitter. This is the "Poor Ham's QRP Rig"
from W1FB's first QRP Notebook.
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Dave, WØCH
built this 40 meter CW VXO controlled transceiver. It runs one watt output
and has a direct conversion receiver and a built-in TiCK keyer.
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As usual, the high point of the day is one of Barney's
QRO lunches. Today's lunch special was a slab of ribs from Barney's new smoker.
Pretty good eating!
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Time to set the projects aside
and clear the decks for lunch.
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Carol W5CSJ and
Don AE5K getting ready for one of Barney's QRO lunches!
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After lunch, despite 95 degree summer heat, we adjourned
to the city park for some on-the-air QRP fun. Dave, WØCH put a 40 meter
half wave end fed wire up into a convenient tree with a slingshot and hooked
it up to the new Doug's Challenge transceiver. Unfortunately, 7040 KHz was very
quiet today (solar flare maybe) and no QSO's resulted.
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Joe, WØMQY listening to
a very quiet 40 meter band on WØCH's new homebrew transceiver.
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Dale, WDØGKC trying out
the key while Cecil,
NØEHP unpacks
the solar cell.
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Cecil and Dale set up a 40 meter inverted Vee antenna
using a painters pole for the mast. Dale's Argonaut was used on both 40 and
20 meters using a solar charged battery.
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Dale set up his
Ten-Tec Argonaut, powered by Cecil's neat portable battery and solar charger.
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A close-up shot of one of the
nice badges made by Joy and Walter for the group. You too could be wearing
one of these. Come and join the fun!
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Our next meeting will be Saturday, August 17th at
Barney's Kitchen in Seneca. See you here!
Four State QRP Group:
No Rules, No Agenda - Just Fun!
