From CQ Magazine, Oct 1972

Freely downloadable as a pdf file from Ade W0RSP:

The Five Watt QRP Movement in the US, 1968-81 is a 119 page look at the changes and personalities of QRP during the years covered.

Contributing authors include Doug DeMaw W1FB, Wes Hayward W7ZOI and others.

From back when QRPers shared their news via mimeographed newsletters, a look back at the sequence of events that led QRP from 100 watts to today’s 5 watt definition.

Contained within Ade’s ebook are snippets from various newletters describing circuits, QRP results and ads from Ten Tec’s pre-Argonaut days when $50 would buy a “completely wired” Power-Mite transceiver.

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Table of Contents

Part 1.  K6JSS and the 100-watt QRP ARCI  …………………………………………. 1

Part 2. QRP/8  Newsletter,  QRPP CORNER Column, and THE MILLIWATT:    
        The Beginning of the Five-Watt QRP Movement in the US … 3

Part 3. The QRP  World Outside the 100-watt QRP ARCI ……………………. 22

Part 4. The QRP Takeover of the 100-watt QRP ARCI. ……………………….85

THE MILLIWATT QRPp DXCC and MILLIWATT DXCC Trophy List……….105

Adrian Weiss W0RSP’s Bibliography: Selected Technical Articles. 109

EPILOGUE: W0RSP Retro-ARRL-DX-Contest 2/18-19, 2012 Log, PIX….111

You’ll find it here (32MB pdf).

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3 Responses to “New eBook from Ade Weiss W0RSP”

1. Ade Weiss W0RSP says:

   March 18, 2012 at 6:02 pm

   Hi John: Thanks for the reference to my new book! I’ve heard from many QRP’rs who enjoyed it.

   72, Ade W0RSP

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   • John AE5X says:

     March 18, 2012 at 6:19 pm

     Ade, you can certainly count me among them. Thanks and 72,
     John AE5X

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2. Lou Axeman says:

   March 22, 2012 at 11:29 pm

   Great stuff! Found out about book in Peanut Whistle publication of St. Louis QRP Society. Thanks, Ade, for producing it and providing it and thanks, John, for publicizing it. Just perusing it has kept me up way past my bedtime. Brought back many memories!
   Lou Axeman, N8LA

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