QRP Club
QRP Club => Welcome to the Club => Topic started by: N1AB on December 22, 2013, 01:59:14 UTC
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Hello everyone. I just joined the group and expect to participate. I have done qrp psk31, and SSB, but not CW. But things are changing. A short time ago I purchased a nice new cw key and hope to have it on the air soon. I also expect to operate portable qrp in the near future by purchasing an FT-817. Does anyone have experience with that radio?
73
Steve N1AB
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The FT-817 is a super little radio Steve. I bought one a few years ago mainly to take on holiday as it allowed me to operate free from the mains electricity if I used internal batteries. Like any radio, how well you put out or receive a signal depends on the antenna you use and with QRP you really have to use the best possible under the prevailing circumstances. I've worked Japan with 2.5 Watts from a beach-side studio in Greece with a home-brew loaded GP and into USA and Canda from the Virgin Islands using a dipole. In the latter case I found the 817 struggled to manage the pile-up!
I sold the 817 this summer and am now using a KX3.