======================================================================== THE QRP CLUBS LIST The QRP Clubs List Version 0.96 February 15, 1995 Compiled by Richard Hieber, DL8MFQ/AA8CP. Email: Packet: [dl8mfq@db0sif.deu.eu] --------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: The contents: ----------------------- This file contains information about the following QRP clubs: o 9A-QRP Club o Arbeitsgemeinschaft CW / Activity Group Telegraphy (AGCW-DL) o QRP Club ARI o QRP Amateur Radio Club International (QRP ARCI) o Benelux-QRP Club o Grupo-QRP do Brasil o QRP Club of British Columbia (BC QRP) o QRP Society of Central Pennsylvania (QSCP) o Cleveland QRP Amateur Radio Club o Colorado QRP Club (CQC) o CW Operators QRP Club o EA QRP Club o EA8 QRP-DX Club o G-QRP Club (G-QRP-C) o Italian QRP Club (I QRP) o JA-QRP Club o MFJ 90's Radio Club o Michigan QRP Club (MI QRP, M-QRP) o The QRP Club of New England (NE QRP) o The QRP Club of Northern California (NorCal QRP) o NorthEastern Illinois QRP Society (NEIQS) o The NorthWest QRP Club (NW QRP) o NorthTexas QRP Club (NorTex, NQC) o OK QRP Club (from the Czech Republic) o Oklahoma QRP Club (OK QRP) o St. Louis QRP Society (SLQS) o U-QRP Club o WI QRP Club o ZS-Algoa QRP Group The ordering of this list is somewhat arbitrary though it tries to follow the alphabet :-) No weighing is intended. Two list entries here are somewhat special: - The "MFJ 90's Radio Club" is focussed on the MFJ 90xx series of QRP transceivers but not affiliated with the company. Rather than being a club it is more a newsletter and its readership. - The "AGCW-DL" is not a QRP club but rather a CW club. It is in the list because of its strong QRP activites and because there is no dedicated German QRP club. In addition to all that you'll also find information about defunct clubs and newsletters, ceased activities, 'unofficial' groups and a small paragraph about the world famous INET QRP Club ;-) Spelling and punctuation tries to follow European standards. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: The format: --------------------- ABBR: Abbreviation FULL: Full name PRES: Club President ADDR: Contact address for membership and info SINC: In existance since ... COST: Membership cost (yearly) NEWS: Club newsletter, name and frequency NUMB: Current membership numbers (approximately) MEET: Regular meeting QNET: QRP nets, 'on the air' meetings PROJ: Previous and current projects TEST: Contests, activity periods AWRD: Awards COMM: Comments The NUMB entry is only meant to give a rough indication about how big the club is. The numbers given are not precise and cannot be. The number of active members is not equal to the last issued membership number - some former members are SK now or have left the club. A good indication of active membership numbers is the number of people that subscribe to the club newsletter. The PROJ entry isn't meant to be a listing of all the building projects that any club member has ever done. Rather it should list all the projects that were designed by a club member, were realized by several others and are available as a circuit diagram, kit or whatever. This entry shows you where household names like 'Epiphyte' or 'Sierra' originated. Similar story with the TEST entry: It is not a list of activities the particular club *participates* in, but rather a list of activities that *originate* within the club. There is no space to give details. By supplying the name everybody can see that a special activity exists which will give him the starter to ask for more information. I would also like to supply information about regular 'on the air' meetings of the clubs (entry QNET). If you know about such activities, please notify me; my address is at the end of this file. In this revision of the QRP Clubs List lots of entries are empty, because information is missing. I didn't delete them to encourage feedback so that I can make the list more complete. But I know it looks stupid - so this will change in future revisions of the list. Addresses in are Internet email addresses; those in [brackets] are valid in the Amateur Packet Radio network. --------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: The list: ------------------- ABBR: FULL: 9A-QRP Club PRES: ADDR: 9A-QRP Club Franjevacka 5, 42220 NOVI MAROF CROATIA SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: AGCW-DL FULL: Arbeitsgemeinschaft CW (Activity Group Telegraphy) PRES: Martin Hengemuehle, DL5QE ADDR: Service-Referat: Tom Roll, DL2NBY Richard-Wagner-Str. 11 90513 Zirndorf GERMANY QRP: Ha-Jo Brandt, DJ1ZB Eichenweg 7 84160 Frontenhausen GERMANY SINC: 1971 COST: 15,- DM NEWS: "AGCW-DL INFO", two times a year NUMB: 2.350 (assigned membership numbers) 1.900 (subscribed to newsletter) QRP-friends: > 100 MEET: each year at Easter in Buedingen (Hessen, Germany) QNET: PROJ: TEST: AGCW-DL-QRP/QRP-Party, QRP-Winter-Contest, QRP-Summer-Contest AWRD: QRP-CW-500, QRP-CW-250, QRP-CW-100 COMM: *NOT* a QRP club, but has a strong QRP section! Virtually every AGCW contest has a QRP class. The listed ones are *pure* QRP contests. ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: QRP Club ARI PRES: ADDR: Sandro Santucci, I0SKK Via Simon Boccanegra 8 Rome 00162 ITALY SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: QRP ARCI FULL: QRP Amateur Radio Club International PRES: Les Shattuck, WB2IPX ADDR: USA: ARCI c/o Mike Bryce, WB8VGE <73357.222@CompuServe.COM> 2225 Mayflower NW Massillon, OH 44647 USA GB: Dick Pascoe, G0BPS Seaview House Crete Road East Folkestone, Kent CT18 7EG ENGLAND SINC: 1961, adopted the 'true QRP' power limit of 5 watts in 1979 COST: USA: $14 new member, $12 renewal DX: 7 Pounds new member, 6 Pounds renewal NEWS: "QRP Quarterly" (QQ), quarterly (January, April, July, October) NUMB: 8.800 (assigned membership numbers) 1.500 (subscribed to newsletter) MEET: QNET: ARCI sponsored nets: Transcontinental Net (TCN) : Sundays, 23:00 UTC, 14.060 MHz Western States Net (WSN-80): Sundays, 04:00 UTC, 3.558 MHz Southeast Net (SEN) : Tuesdays, 00:01 UTC, 7.030 MHz Gulf States Net (GSN) : Wednesdays, 02:00 UTC, 3.560 MHz Great Lakes Net (GLN) : Wednesdays, 02:00 UTC, 3.560 MHz Northeast Net (NEN) : Saturdays, 12:00 UTC, 7.040 MHz Western States Net (WSN) : Saturdays, 16:00 UTC, 7.040 MHz Some nets change frequencies and times with the arrival of Daylight Savings Time. PROJ: Twofer Transmitter (in the 80's) TEST: Spring QSO Party, Fall QSO Party, a variety of sprints for both CW and SSB AWRD: QRP-25, WAC-QRP, WAS-QRP, DXCC-QRP, 1000-mile-per-watt (kM/W), QRP-NET (QNI-25) COMM: The QRP ARCI promotes on the air QRP operation, the use of designated QRP calling frequencies, regular QRP nets, and a program of QRP operating awards and contests. Oldest organisation of its kind; but since the 5 watts power limit was adopted only later, the G-QRP Club is arguably the first real QRP club still in existance. ~~~~~~ ABBR: BQC FULL: Benelux-QRP Club PRES: --- ADDR: P.O.Box 15, NL-2100 Heemstede, The Netherlands SINC: COST: In Holland: HFl 15 (Postgiro 1994925 for Penningmeester Benelux, QRP-club, Haarlem) In Belgium: BEF 300 (Postgiro 000-0789637-57 for E. Smekens, ON4ASE, Mercatorlaan 46, B-3150 Haacht ) NEWS: "Benelux QRP Club Nieuwsbrief", in dutch with a short english summary of the main articles, published quarterly, about 50 pages. NUMB: 550 subscribers, 750 assigned membership numbers MEET: General meeting in september + camping weekend in june QNET: CW : Sundays, 11:00 am local time, 3560 kHz SSB: Saturdays, 10:30 am local time, 3795 kHz PROJ: TEST: BQC Activity week (end of december); BQC marathon AWRD: Worked BQC COMM: Benelux = active in BElgium, the NEtherlands, LUXemburg. Most members from PA, some from ON, only a few from LX. The club runs a small pcb and copy service. ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: Grupo-QRP do Brasil PRES: ADDR: P.O.Box 700 28600 Nove Fribargo Rio de Janeiro BRASIL SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: BC QRP FULL: QRP Club of British Columbia PRES: ADDR: SINC: 1984 COST: NEWS: --- NUMB: abt 30 MEET: quarterly meetings, two on Vancouver Island, two on the mainland QNET: We presently have three brief nets on 75M nightly. 1600 & 1900PST on 3729KHz. 2220PST on 3760KHz to talk with the NorCal boys in CA. PROJ: Epiphyte, Neomyte TEST: AWRD: COMM: strong activities in QRP SSB construction. ~~~~~~ ABBR: QSCP FULL: QRP Society of Central Pennsylvania PRES: John Jaminet, W3HMS (Tech); Bob Wicks, W3HAH (Admin) ADDR: Cameron Bailey, KT3A PO Box 173 Mount Wolf, PA 17347-0173 USA SINC: 1993 COST: US: $4.00 for the newsletter NEWS: "QRP Gazette" NUMB: 13 MEET: Monthly, third Monday. Contact KT3A for locations. QNET: PROJ: SWR Meter TEST: Regular field operations as a group. AWRD: --- COMM: Meetings 98% technical/operational - Admin 2%. Serving the needs of local QRP'ers in Central PA. ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: Cleveland QRP Amateur Radio Club PRES: ADDR: Bruce A. Wright, N8MWL P.O. Box 14052 410 Superior Ave. Cleveland, OH 44114-9998 USA SINC: 1993 COST: --- NEWS: --- NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: Still alive? ~~~~~~ ABBR: CQC FULL: Colorado QRP Club PRES: Rich High, W0HEP, ADDR: Colorado QRP Club 14261 E. 4th Ave. #161 Aurora, CO 80011-8711 USA Tel. 303-344-1220, Fax: 303-344-0741 SINC: January 1994 COST: US: $10.00 NEWS: "The Low Down", bi-monthly NUMB: 109 MEET: bi-monthly (Jan., Mar., May, July, Sept., Nov.) QNET: Local interest in QRP stimulated by weekly Monday night CQC QRP Information Net held on linked 2 meter repeaters in Denver and Colorado Springs covering Cheyenne, WY to Pueblo, CO (200 miles). (8:00 pm, 147.225, 145.160, simplex: 146:445) PROJ: TEST: Winter QSO Party (Feb.), Summer QSO Party (Aug.) AWRD: Colorado QRP Counties Award COMM: QRP programs are also given to other area ham clubs. ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: CW Operators QRP Club PRES: ADDR: Kevin Zietz, VK5AKZ 41 Tobruk Ave. St. Marys, SA 5042 AUSTRALIA SINC: COST: VK: A$10, ZL: A$12, DX: A$14 NEWS: "LO KEY" NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: EA QRP Club PRES: ADDR: Sr. Miguel Molina, EA3EGV Avenia Rio de Janeiro 123 2-1 08016 Barcelona SPAIN SINC: November 1993 COST: NEWS: "QU-ERE-PE", in Spanish, quarterly NUMB: 50 MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: EA8 QRP-DX Club PRES: ADDR: Agipito Montero Martin, EA8EY c/Molinos de Viento 2-20 Santa Cruz de La Palma Canary Islands SPAIN SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: G-QRP-C FULL: G-QRP Club PRES: Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV ADDR: The G-QRP Club Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV St. Aidan's Vicarage 498 Manchester Road Rochdale, Lancs OL11 3HE UK Tel/fax: 0706 31812 (+44 706 31812) There are local representatives in AUSTRIA: Johann Auerbaeck, OE6JAD Kirschenhofersolg. 120 A-8241 Dechantskirchen Tel. 3339-23335 BELGIUM: Rene Anrijs, ON4KAR Fonds des Vaulx 69a B-5640 Biesme-Mettet Bank Account: 250-0062335-49 Tel. 071/ 726039 FRANCE: Jean-Michel Yeromonahos, F5OQO 2, Allee d'Hamadan 91400 Orsay GERMANY: Rudi Dell, DK4UH Weinbietstr. 10 W 67459 Bohl-Igglheim Tel. 06324/64116 NEW ZEALAND: Mike Sheffield, ZL1ABS Albany Highway AUCKLAND 1 R D Albany THE NETHERLANDS: Peter Halpin, PE1MHO Ch. Kohlerst. 69 Tel. 074 771832 Postgiro 2730858 7558 VB HENGELO USA: G-QRP Club Mike Kilgore, KG5F 2046 Ash Hill Rd. Carrollton, TX 75007 SINC: 1974 COST: UK: 6 Pounds abroad 6 Pounds or $14 At local representatives: DL: DM 18 F: Frs 60 ON: BEF 350 PA: HFL 21.50 USA: $ 12 ZL: NZ$ 15 All cheques must be made payable to "G-QRP CLUB". NEWS: "SPRAT" (Small Powered Radio Amateur Transmitter), quarterly, abt 40 pages. Bylaws specify that SPRAT shall always contain at least 60% technical material. NUMB: 8.000 (assigned numbers) 4.500 (currently subscribed to newsletter) MEET: Mini-Convention in Rochdale (QTH of G3RJV), Yeovil QRP and Construction Convention, Summer QRP Party, German section: in Koenigswusterhausen in October, in Pottenstein in May QNET: PROJ: Sudden Receiver TEST: Winter Sports AWRD: QRP-WAC, QRP-Master, QRP-Countries, Worked G-QRP Club, Two-way QRP, CW Novice, Chelmsley Trophy, Suffolk Trophy, G4DQP Trophy, Partridge Trophy, G2NJ Trophy COMM: The largest QRP club in the world, by active membership numbers! The Club is also a prolific book producer, most of which are available from the RSGB. ~~~~~~ ABBR: I QRP FULL: Italian QRP Club PRES: --- ADDR: Contest: Marcello [ik7hin@i7ozv.ipug.ita.eu] How to join: Franz [i7ffe@ik7nxq.ipug.ita.eu] SINC: October 1994 COST: --- NEWS: --- NUMB: MEET: before june or july 1995 will be a nice qrp meeting in a lovely locality of central italy. QNET: PROJ: TEST: QRP Spring Test AWRD: I QRP Club Award (IQCA) COMM: No president, no secretary, no subscriptions dues. If you will contribute to I QRP Club you're welcome. Accepted only SAE, IRC, for correspondence. ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: JA-QRP Club PRES: ADDR: Takahisa Masuzawa, JH1HTK 1-8 15 Oogigaya Kamakura Kanagawa 248 JAPAN SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: MFJ 90's Radio Club PRES: ADDR: Joe Falcone, AA8HV, Editor 3000 Town Center Suite 2370 Southfield Mich 48075 USA SINC: 1993 COST: None. The editor asks for articles from the users. NEWS: "The Nineties", 6 to 10 issues annually. Concentrating on the MFJ 90xx series of TRXes. NUMB: abt 150 MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: The MFJ club is not affiliated with the company. It was started and is being run by Joe Falcone as a non-profit service. ~~~~~~ ABBR: MI QRP, M-QRP FULL: Michigan QRP Club PRES: Lowell D. Corbin, KD8FR ADDR: L.T. Switzer, N8CQA Michigan QRP Club 654 Georgia Ave Marysville, MI 48040 USA SINC: January 19, 1978 COST: US: $7 new member, $5 renewal; DX: $12 new member, $10 renewal NEWS: "The Five-Watter" (T5W), abt 20 pages, quarterly, all original articles NUMB: approx. 1300-1400 MEET: 1st Sat. each Month 10am Country Jim's Rest. Davison, MI QNET: MI-QRP Net, Tuesdays eves 9pm EST & ESDT, 3.535 MHz PROJ: --- TEST: Michigan QRP Club Contest (MI QRP Test) AWRD: Net Check-In Certificate COMM: Very cool pins ($5) and coffee mugs ($7) available. Shares table with G-QRP and ARCI at Dayton. You can start a local "chapter" in your neighborhood, details via Buck N8CQA. ~~~~~~ ABBR: NE QRP FULL: The QRP Club of New England PRES: ADDR: Jack Frake, NG1G PO Box 1153 Barnard, VT 05031 USA SINC: 1991 COST: US: $10 new member, $7 renewal NEWS: "72", quarterly NUMB: 210 MEET: QNET: PROJ: 79er transmitter, NE40-40, NE30-40 TEST: QRP-Afield, 79er Colorburst Sprint AWRD: COMM: The club project: The idea was 40 meters for $40, and 30 meters for $40, hence the names. QRP-Afield is a terrific little contest that takes home-brew rigs out into the field to be used the way they were designed to be used. ~~~~~~ ABBR: NorCal QRP FULL: The QRP Club of Northern California PRES: Doug Hendricks, KI6DS, ADDR: Jim Cates, WA6GER 3241 Eastwood Rd. Sacramento, CA 95821 USA SINC: June 1993 COST: Membership is free but subscription to newsletter is not. US: $5; DX: $15 (airmail) NEWS: "QRPp", quarterly (March, June, September, December), SPRAT size, abt 72 pages NUMB: > 1.000 MEET: QNET: --- PROJ: Sierra, NorCal-40(a) TEST: Spring QRP to the Field AWRD: COMM: Yearly club projects, monthly meetings, small get togethers. Membership numbers are growing really fast! ~~~~~~ ABBR: NEIQS FULL: NorthEastern Illinois QRP Society PRES: ADDR: Don Kozlovsky, KE9GG 28 W 256 Purnell Rd. West Chicago, IL 60185 USA SINC: 1991 COST: --- NEWS: "NEIQS Newsletter", quarterly (SASE) NUMB: 85 MEET: QNET: NEIQS Net, 0200Z Wednesdays 3.560 MHz PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: NWQ, NW QRP FULL: The NorthWest QRP Club PRES: ADDR: Bill Todd, N7MFB NW QRP Club 2418 55th Ave. SW Seattle, WA 98116 USA SINC: 1992 COST: US: $10 new member, no annual dues NEWS: "The NWQ Newsletter", bi-monthly NUMB: 250 MEET: QNET: NWQRP Net, 0400Z Tuesdays 10.123, 1530Z Saturdays 7.035 MHz PROJ: TEST: NW QRP Club Contest AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: NorTex QRP (NQC) FULL: NorthTexas QRP Club PRES: Chuck Adams, K5FO, ADDR: SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: OK QRP FULL: OK QRP Club PRES: Petr Doudera, OK1CZ ADDR: Petr Doudera, OK1CZ U 1.baterie 1 162 00 Praha 6 CZECH REPUBLIC There are contacts to a Slovak QRP group: QRP rubric Roman Vavro Latoricka 15 821 07 Bratislava SLOVAKIA SINC: COST: 15 IRC's or $10, DM 15, 5 GB Pounds. IRC's preferred. NEWS: "OK QRP INFO" (OQI), quarterly, has English translations for most of the text, SPRAT-size, abt 30 pages NUMB: 200 MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: Europe for QRP Weekend, CZEBRIT, QRPp Activity Day AWRD: Worked OK-QRP Club Award COMM: Not to be confused with the Oklahama QRP club! ~~~~~~ ABBR: OK QRP FULL: Oklahoma QRP Club ADDR: Don Kelly, KA5UOS 703 West 8th St. Edmond, OK 73003 USA SINC: 1988 COST: $10 NEWS: "Oklahoma QRP", quarterly but somewhat irregular. Backissues available. NUMB: 120 MEET: QNET: Oklahoma QRP Net, 1430Z Sundays 7.060 MHz PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: Not to be confused with the OK QRP Club in the Czech Republic! All newsletter articles include a basic understanding of how each circuit functions. Our aim is to help the new ham make the transition from kits to scratch homebrew. Don Kelly is not the editor of the club newsletter any more - he has turned that over to somebody else, but will probably resume after finishing school. ~~~~~~ ABBR: SLQS FULL: St. Louis QRP Society PRES: Andy Becker, W0NVM ADDR: c/o Keith Arns, KC0PP 2832 Penbrooke Lane St. Charles, MO 63301 USA SINC: November 1987 COST: $12.00 NEWS: "The Peanut Whistle", monthly NUMB: 40-45 MEET: Third Wednesday of each month, at Florissant Valley Community College QNET: First Wednesdays of the month, 8:00 p.m., on the 145.33 (-600) repeater. PROJ: many club generated kits, mostly reproductions of other designs, for club members only. TEST: Homebrew Competition (in January) AWRD: Annual Member's Service Award COMM: Events: Field Day, Fall Outing, Tailgate Sale, Annual Dinner Meeting. SLQS is a *local* club. Members wishing to join should live in our immediate metropolitan area and are requested to attend at least one meeting before joining. SLQS has no by-laws, elected officers and other formalities. We have a volunteer president or "master of ceremonies" and a volunteer treasurer. ~~~~~~ ABBR: U-QRP FULL: U-QRP Club PRES: ADDR: P.O. Box 100 Saransk - 31 RUSSIA 430031 SINC: COST: NEWS: The newsletter is in Russian. NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ~~~~~~ ABBR: WI QRP Club FULL: PRES: ADDR: WI QRP Club PO Box 111 Brandon, WI 53919-0111 USA SINC: COST: Dues voluntary - $5 to $10 suggested. NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: Is this club still alive? (Probably not - didn't get off the ground ...) ~~~~~~ ABBR: FULL: ZS-Algoa QRP Group PRES: ADDR: Walde M. Bartie, ZS2WM Algoa Branch SA Radio League P.O.Box 10050 Linton Grange Port Elisabeth 6015 South Africa SINC: COST: NEWS: NUMB: MEET: QNET: PROJ: TEST: AWRD: COMM: ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: Defunct clubs and newsletters, ceased activities: ----------------------------------------------------------- o QRP society of the UK (1949-1964?) o Pacific Amateur Radio Group (?) o Illinois QRP Society (ILQRPS) (?) o "K5FO QRP newsletter" (1994) o "The Milliwatt" (1970-1975) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: 'Unofficial' groups: ------------------------------ o The DRAGONSLAYERS QRP Group This is mainly a Dutch group of amateurs with guest members from two other countries only. Dick Pascoe, G0BPS, is the only British member. Three Germans are also members being a family, husband, wife and son. There are no membership fees, no magazine, no contests etc, just a group of friends. Membership is by invitation only! o Zuni Looper Mountain Expeditionary Force This is a local gathering of QRP ARCI members in Southern California, who operate Field Day with QRP; the name refers to the particular part of the State or National Park they always operate from (the Zuni Loop area of the park). They are well known and admired for the *HUGE* wire antennas they erect. o Maryland Milliwatt Club The club was founded in 1992 by two members. Membership is by invitation only. Mailing Address: Maryland Milliwatt Club, 3052 Fairland Rd, Silver Spring, MD 20904. o World QRP Federation (WQF) The only thing I know is that Gus, G8PG is president. I suppose it's a kind of QRP cover organisation. Can anyone give more info on this? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: Acknowledgments: -------------------------- I was using the club list maintained by Bill Kelsey, N8ET, as a basis for this list. Much later when perusing the QRP-L archives I discovered that Chuck Adams, K5FO, had already compiled a list which contained clubs that I didn't know about. Additional information came from other contributions to QRP-L and from assorted printed material, most notably publications of the G-QRP Club. Thanks for very helpful contributions and corrections from (sorted by callsign): Guenter, DL2LBF, [dl2lbf@db0hro.deu.eu] Dick Pascoe, G0BPS, Walter Palings, ON7PX, [on7px@on4cp.vbt.bel.eu] Chuck Adams, K5FO, Cameron Bailey, KT3A, Bill Kelsey, N8ET, David Gauding, NF0R, Charlos Potma, PA3CKR, Rich High, W0HEP, L.B. Cebik, W4RNL, Byron, WA8LCZ, Mike Czuhajewski, WA8MCQ, Paul, WB8ZJL, Special thanks go to one great club that hasn't been mentioned yet, and this file would not not exist if the net did not exist: o The Internet QRP Club (INET QRP) Members meet constantly on a facility called the QRP-L mailing list. This mailing list is maintained by Majordomo. 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If you are in doubt, please post a question to the QRP-L mailing list or ask your local elmer :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Subject: Update information: ----------------------------- This is what I call a beta version of the QRP Clubs List. I intend to to make this list up to date and as complete as possible. Therefore I need your help. If you find outdated information or errors in this list, please let me know. If you know of any QRP club that you feel should be in this list, then let me know, too. The same applies if you have ideas on how to improve this list. Since English is a second language to me, I'd also be grateful for hints on mistakes with grammar or vocabulary. Please note that I try to stick to European conventions in spelling and punctuation 'cause this is what I learned in school. For the most up-to-date copy of this list, send email to or a packet radio message to [dl8mfq@db0sif.deu.eu]. From version 1.00 onwards this file will be available via a FTP site also (probably SUNSITE.UNC.EDU). \\|// (^ ^) +---------------------------------------oOO--(_)--OOo---+ | Vy 72 de Richard (DL8MFQ @ DB0SIF.DEU.EU) in Erlangen | +-------------------------------------------------------+ alias AA8CP G-QRP #7417 AGCW-DL #2168 Internet: