Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint

Sponsored by QRP ARCI the Holiday Spirits Homebrew Sprint is a 4 hour contest encouraging contact with amateur radio operators using equipment assembled from kits or from scratch! 

Summary:

Total member QSO's: 17 x5 = 85
Total non-member QSO's: 3 x 2 = 6
Total SPC's: 16

1456 qso points x 7 = 10,192

5,000 bonus for HB transceiver
5,000 for portable with battery & temp antenna

20,192 total points

 

Operating position in our back yard.

DSW-II 20m radio running 4 watts powered by a 12v gell cell battery.

My antenna was a "Gusher" by N2CX supported by 20' telescoping fishing poles. This antenna system is very easy to deploy in the field.

Hello World

First blog post.  I will share my low power (QRP) amateur radio adventures here.