Overview

QRP Scrapbook

Low-power operation, or QRP, is one of the most popular aspects of amateur radio—and the UK's G-QRP Club is a leading light in this area. This book draws together the very best articles from authors around the world that have been published in the club's journal, SPRAT, in recent years. Packed with projects, "QRP Scrapbook" contains all-new material not previously published in an Radio Society of Great Britain (RSGB) book. Much is included in this 240-page paperback, including modern techniques like a practical RF generation system for superhets using direct digital synthesis (DDS) modules, the use of TV 'dongles' to make a software defined radio (SDR), plus Arduino microcontroller projects for a CW transceiver and keyer, and much more.

"QRP Scrapbook" has six sections covering QRP transmitters and transceivers; simple and also somewhat more complex receivers; antenna systems and test equipment suitable for low-power operation—and a 'miscellaneous' section covering subjects as diverse as how to wind toroids tidily, making your own ribbon cable, Morse keys and keyers, crystal oscillators, and ceramic resonators. With the increasing problem of local interference, the noise-cancelling device in this section will be of interest to all amateurs, not just those who operate with low power. Produced in co-operation between the RSGB and the G-QRP Club, this book is essential reading for all interested in the latest in home-construction techniques and the art and science of low-power amateur radio.

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