{"id":6515,"date":"2024-08-26T09:17:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T13:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=6515"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:57:39","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T17:57:39","slug":"getting-started-in-qrp","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/getting-started-in-qrp\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started In QRP"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Presenter:<\/strong><\/span> Steve Hudson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.qrz.com\/db\/AA4BW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AA4BW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steve has been a ham for over five decades, and like most hams, he started out running \u201clots of watts.\u201d But then he discovered QRP. He turned the power down to five watts or less. And he has never looked back.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Forum Description:<\/strong><\/span>\u00a0 \u00a0In this exciting, entertaining, and extremely practical presentation, Steve Hudson, AA4BW, will introduce you to the world of QRP, or low-power hamming.<\/p>\n<p>In this program, you\u2019ll discover what Steve discovered \u2014 that running five watts or less can be pure magic!<\/p>\n<div><strong>Here\u2019s some of what we will cover:<\/strong><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>What is QRP?<\/li>\n<li>QRP techniques and tactics<\/li>\n<li>QRP gear<\/li>\n<li>Setting up a QRP station \u2013 power supplies, antennas, and more QRP in the field, whether down the street or halfway around the world<\/li>\n<li>The single most important key to QRP success<\/li>\n<li>Sharing QRP fun with other hams<\/li>\n<li>And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Steve stays busy as an award-winning travel and outdoor writer and speaker when not on the air.\u00a0 \u00a0He and his wife Trisha live in Canton, Ga.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Links:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nogaqrp.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Georgia QRP Club<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.io\/g\/NOGAQRP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Georgia QRP Club on Groups.io<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Return to<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/forums\/\">Forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presenter: Steve Hudson AA4BW Steve has been a ham for over five decades, and like most hams, he started out running \u201clots of watts.\u201d But then he discovered QRP. He turned the power down to five watts or less. And he has never looked back. Forum Description:\u00a0 \u00a0In this exciting, entertaining, and extremely practical presentation, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/getting-started-in-qrp\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Getting Started In QRP<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6515","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6515","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6515"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6515\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6535,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6515\/revisions\/6535"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}