G-QRP CLUB

G-QRP CLUB was formed nearly 50 years ago by the late Rev. George Dobbs, G3RJV, (pictured left). Its goal was to bring together those people who had a shared interest in low-power operations, which originally meant 3W output from the transmitter to whatever antenna you had. Since then, the accepted power-levels have changed to 5W for CW and 10W for SSB.

The club's website can be found HERE and it contains a wealth of information that should be of interest to any radio ham, not just QRP enthusiasts.

Membership to the club is incredibly cheap and it includes a subscription to their quarterly printed magazines called SPRAT. It's a real pleasure when this A5 sized magazine drops through the letterbox and I enjoy it more than any of the retail mags which cost £5+ each!

The magazines contain a varied range of topics, projects, tutorials, tips, circuit designs and lots more. And even better, you can get access to any of the previous SPRATs from the G-QRP archive going back decades!

The club is peppered with extremely knowledgeable people who are keen to help others and they even have a comprehensive library of fascinating videos on YouTube.
 

If you're new to the hobby and haven't heard of G-QRP before, I would strongly recommend that you consider joining - it's the best six quid you'll ever spend.

 

 73, Tom. M7MCQ.