"QRP Homebrewer", anyone? If not, how about some lighthouses?

News about the fledgling attempts to revitalize the New Jersey QRP Club seems to be getting around. My blog post has been picked up and seems to be making the rounds. So much so that I received this e-mail the other day:

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Larry,

I read with interest your post about resurrecting the New Jersey QRP Club (which I leaned about from the Amateur Radio Daily blog.)

My name is Kay Savetz, and I curate the Digital Library of Amateur Radio & Communications. DLARC is a project of the Internet Archive (the not-for-profit online library best known for The Wayback Machine.) DLARC is growing to be a massive online library of the past and present of ham radio and related communications. It is funded by a grant from Amateur Radio Digital Communications. You can see what we have so far at https://archive.org/details/dlarc 

I would like to include the QRP Homebrewer magazine in the archive. It looks like there were 10 printed issues, with plans to release them on CD-ROM which may not have actually happened. Do you happen to have the issues on paper, or digital, or in any format? I would love to scan them and make them available in the DLARC library.

This will provide a long-term backup of the content.  They will also be full-text searchable. It would look a lot like this: https://archive.org/details/qcwa?sort=-date 

Here's more information about the DLARC project: https://blog.archive.org/2023/05/03/dlarc-75000/

Thanks and 73,

Kay Savetz

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Kay Savetz, K6KJN

Internet Archive's Program Manager, Special Collections

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Does anyone out there still have any issues? I'll have to look through my collection of QRP periodicals. I may have a few, but I very highly doubt that I have all ten.

If you do, and are willing to have them scanned, please send me an e-mail (w2ljqrp@gmail.com) and I'll send you Kay's e-mail address.

Now for the lighthouses. This weekend, August 5th and 6th is US National Lighthouse-Lightship Weekend, which celebrates the establishment of the United States Lighthouse Service.

The Amateur Radio Lighthouse Society (ARLHS), founded by James H. Weidner, K2JXW (SK), will be asking amateur radio operators to participate by contacting lighthouses across the United States.

The suggested calling frequencies for SSB are 1.830, 3.530, 7.030, 10.130, 14.030, 18.070, 21.030, and 28.030. On CW, they're 1.830, 3.530, 7.030, 10.130, 14.030, 18.070, 21.030, and 28.030.

These frequencies can be crowded and are only suggestions. Amateur radio operators can use any clear frequency +/- 20 kHz of these suggestions. For digital modes, common operating frequencies are used. On VHF and UHF, repeater operation is allowed, but using the national calling frequencies is encouraged. Of course the ARLHS advises operators to be courteous, use good operating practices, and listen before they transmit. The ARLHS World List of Lights (WLOL), which was updated on June 19, 2023, is a comprehensive collection that contains information on 15,527 lighthouses in 234 amateur radio call areas. You can also find the times and dates of operation for the special events on the website.

The International Lighthouse Lightship Weekend 2023 (ILLW) will take place on August 19 - 20. Each year ILLW attracts more than 500 lighthouse entries located in at least 40 countries. There are few rules, and it is not a usual contest type event. Participation is also free and, there are no prizes for contacting large numbers of stations.

Another good reason to get on the air!

72 de Larry W2LJ

QRP - When you care to send the very least!