"Greg Doughty" wrote in message
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Is there a group and magazine or
other things that support the qrper?

Greg

*The* online group is QRP-L at qth.net. Be aware that this is a pretty busy
reflector, however. Thereis also a QRP reflector at qth which is very low
key.

Someone mentioned ARCI, which is a very good organization. There are two
other big QRP groups. The American QRP club (www.amqrp.org) tends to be a
little more focused on homebrewing than ARCI. AmQRP is more like an
association of clubs. They were formed by the merger of NorCal and NJQRP,
but work with a half-dozen regional clubs to produce kits and conferences.
Their magazine, Homebrewer, is a little better than QQ in my opinion (maybe
because I'm more into melting solder). The G-QRP club is another great
organization. They publish a magazine called Sprat which has been around
forever it seems. Personally, I'm not as big a fan of Sprat because they
tend to use a lot of parts in their designs which are harder to get on this
side of the pond, but on the other hand, if you are on the G-land side of
the pond, those are probably easier to get. They have produced a number of
kits, many of which are available from Kanga U.S. on this side of the pond.
The DL-QRP club also has a number of kits. Theirs seem to be a little more
"polished" than the G-QRP kits which are pretty different.

Besides these three biggies, there are perhaps a dozen other clubs that
publish online and/or offer kits. The Flying Pigs QRP club is more about
kits and contests than publications. Someone mentioned the North Georgia
QRP club, which has that neat SWR/Power meter. The Arizona ScQRPions
currently has a neat paddle kit. Seems like there are several others which
escape me at the moment.

ARCI runs a big conference in conjunction with the Dayton hamfest every year
which is a wonderful place to learn, get parts, and meet other QRPers.
AmQRP supports a handful of conferences, including Atlanticon and Pacificon
in the spring, Ozarkcon just passed, and Lobstercon coming up. The
ScQRPions are running a conference near Flagstaff around the first of July.
G-QRP runs conferences in England and Ireland, too, but they seem to be
somewhat more erratic than the ones in the states. DL-QRP also runs an
annual conference.

So yeah, plenty of resources, and an amazingly friendly bunch as well.

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