{"id":7309,"date":"2026-09-24T20:25:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T00:25:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/?page_id=7309"},"modified":"2026-09-24T21:06:01","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T01:06:01","slug":"getting-started-in-qrp-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/getting-started-in-qrp-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started in QRP"},"content":{"rendered":"

Presenter:\u00a0 <\/strong><\/span>Steve Hudson, AA4BW<\/a><\/p>\n

Steve has been a ham for six decades. Like many 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

Forum Description:<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>In this entertaining and extremely practical presentation, Steve will introduce you to the world of QRP, or low-power hamming.\u00a0 You\u2019ll discover what Steve discovered \u2014 that running five watts or less can be pure magic.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s some of what we\u2019ll cover:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

\n
What is QRP?<\/li>\n
A tiny (very tiny) bit of theory\u2026can it really work?<\/li>\n
QRP gear<\/li>\n
Setting up a QRP station \u2013 power supplies, antennas, and more<\/li>\n
QRP in the field, whether down the street or around the world<\/li>\n
The single most important secret to QRP success<\/li>\n
And more!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Return to<\/span> Forums<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Presenter:\u00a0 Steve Hudson, AA4BW Steve has been a ham for six decades. Like many 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 entertaining and extremely practical presentation, Steve will introduce you … Continue reading Getting Started in QRP<\/span> →<\/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-7309","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7309","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=7309"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7309\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7314,"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/7309\/revisions\/7314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stonemountainhamfest.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7309"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}