VQS MEMBERSHIP PROFILE

KA0CW (21) - Mike Stewart, a native Virginian living in Broomfield, Colorado. He's been a ham since 97 and started
out by building a Ten Tec 40 Mtr QRP kit. Mike only operates QRP/CW.

HP1AC (12) - hi AMIGO Doug It will be my pleasure to join the Virginia QRP Society.
Name: CAMILO A. CASTILLO
CALL: HP1AC
ADDRESS:
(DROP MAIL IN MIAMI)
DEPT. PTY 1789
P.O.BOX 025207
MIAMI, FL 33102-5207
In Ham radio since 1957 . Only CW. Age 60 years and retired due to heart problems. Operates from Panama City, Panama. Rig: Kenwood TS430S cranked down to 5 watts into a Mosley TA33Jr and a long wire plus tuner for 40 meters. Also operates portable with a Heathkit HW9 and dipole. 72 Cam HP1AC

KA1DBE (13) - Jeff in Virginia Beach, VA. Jeff's equipment includes: Heathkit HW-5400, MFJ 9030, Heath HW-8. Antenna: G5RV. Modes: CW/RTTY/Packet. Jeff is also a member of QRP-ARCI, Adventure Radio Society, ARRL. Jeff's web site!!.

N1FN (23) - Marshall from somewhere in Colorado. Marshall was first licensed in Austrailia in 1982, operates 99% QRP/CW and is President of the Colorado QRP Club.... He has a daughter in her 3rd year at the University of Virginia. His personal web site can be found at www.MorseX.com/n1fn.

K1TXU (10) - Skip in Lynn, Massachusetts. Skip has been licensed for 38+ years. He has built all kinds of QRP gear over the years. Skip's shack includes a PIXIE 2, NW-80, Yaesu FT-840, Knwd TS-520s (Both run a low power). Lynn, MA is 20 mi N. of Boston.

W2BJ (15)- Barry Minsky in Savannah, GA. Barry operates about 99% QRP CW. Rigs are a Ten TEc Corsair, QRP++, EMTEC 30,40, & 80, SST 20 & 40. 38 Special, SW 30 and a few others. He enjoys collecting and using various Bugs and paddles.

N2CQ (11) - Ken Newman in Woodbury, NJ (S. of Philly). Ken's rigs include the NW80(80m), OHRII&100A(40m), NC38(30m), NW20&MFJ 9020(20m). His antennas are TA33jr, Centerfed Zepp using Johnson matchbox ATU. Ken's big rig is a Kenwood TS850sat. Ken operates QRP field contests in the summer & DX contests in the winter months.

KF2PH (27) - Nick Franco in New Jersey. Nick is an extra class who runs alot of CW/QRP & Mobile. His rigs include: SW-30, NC 38 Special, NW-40, Tixie, Pixie, KnightSMiTe, Argonaut 509, ICOM 728. Antennas: Butternut HF6V - 130 Foot Center balanced fed wire up 35 feet. Mobile: 30m or 40m Hamsticks using either NW-40 or NC 38 Special (5watts). He's NE-QRP#349, LIQRP # 2, QRP-l #13, ARS #237, FISTS #3199. Note: Nick designed the Virginia QRP Society's logo that will be used as soon as the VQS webmeister figures out how to upload it to the site. thanks and Welcome aboard Nick.


V31FA (48) - Alan Slusher of Rockville, MD(since last November). He's on assignment from his regular job in Barbados. Been licensed since 1965. Alan has been operating QRP for the last 3 or so years. Alan is currently operating under an FCC reciprocal as W3/V31FA and is a national of Belize. His Barbados call is 8P9BM. His rigs include Ten Tec & Kenwood gear, OHR and NorCal (& some yet-unbuilt kits waiting for winter).

WB3AAL (40) - Ron Polityka, of Reading, PA. Ron is a member of the Eastern PA QRP Club (#1), KL7 QRP #309, ARCI QRP #5318, Norcal, ARS #380, NJQRP #179, G-QRP #3031, 10-X #13173, Zombie #625, HI-QRP #153.

W3DP (44) - Dick. Home built Oak Hills OHR-100a. G5RV. Likes to work QRP events. ARCI member 9672 and FISTS member 3464. I work 98% CW and mostly 40m rag chew. Ham 46 years. Still use a vibroplex bug.Dick's web site!!.

W3EDR (41) - Dick Graziano - I'm a Native Vermonter living in Virginia. Have been in ham radio since 1958. 99% of my contacts are QRP CW worked with a HW-8, Emtec 20/80, Kenwood TS-530 and other assorted HB pieces. Ant. include TA-33 Tri-Bander and a Carolina Beam. I'm a member of the CQC #427 and the Middle Peninsula Amateur Radio Club

WV3J (35) - Paul Helbert in Broadway, VA.

VE3SIC (64)  -  I have been out of the radio scene for  about five years.  I used to be considered the QRP guru in my area.  At that time I used a Yaesu TF101s (that's the all transistor version) toned down to 2 Watts output.  I used gel cell batteries that were salvaged from security alarms.  They were constantly being topped up with a trickle charge.  I found that I could run them for 24 hours without a recharge!  Because of antenna restrictions, I experimented with various indoor designs with great success.  Almost all of my shack aux. equipment was homebrew. I had also designed and built a 14m - 250mw transceiver using a NE602.  It worked quite well.
Now for the sad part.  My x-wife liberated me of my complete shack. Now for the happy part.  I'm getting back into the game!  I have applied to get my old callsign back.  The lady at the office said that it should be no problem.


W3MGL (50) - Larry in Toano, VA. Larry runs a Ten Tec 556 w/5 watts CW/SSB w/plug in band modules. (He also runs QRO trying to get his last 10 for Honor Roll). He's been licensed for 52 years.

K3WWP (17) - John in Kittanning, PA (John runs 100% QRP CW!!) K3WWP's web site!.


KC4ATU (37) - Bill in Ashburn, VA (5 - 10 Miles NW of Dulles Airport). Bill lives in a 3 story townhouse with the attic full of antennas. Rigs: FT-7 and HW8.Bill's's web site!!.

K4AHK (49) - Bill Harding in Burke, VA. Bill says: Since I live on an 85ft lot w/no trees and community regs which allow no outside antennas of any sort, I have yet to find a decent antenna solution for 75/80 meters. This group may be the final incentive to build an acceptable solution.

KT4AN (38) - Mike Pendergast.

WA4CHQ (19) - Neil Tanner from Gwynn's Island, VA. Neil enjoys homebrewing his rigs and antennas. He operates 1w or less mostly on 40m. He has homebrew rigs for 30 and 20m as well. He mainly operates CW with a few SSB QSO's.

KT4FJ (60) - Mike of Stafford, Virginia. I'm an avid QRPer.  Enjoy building kits and have built a number of QRP rigs (OHR Sprint,
Tkit 1340, SW 40+, SW20+, Wilderness Sierra, and currently in the middle of a K2).   My favorite aspect of QRP besides building,
is operating in the field. I rarely travel without one of my QRP rigs. 

KU4FP (9) - Russ in Williamsburg, VA.

W4FPJ (48) - Bob Scott in Woodbridge, VA (FM 18).

AE4GM (18) - Brock in Fredericsburg, VA. Brocks rigs include the Heath HW-16 and a homebrew 1 tube transmitter. His antenna is an attic dipole.

AE4HS (59) -  Just arrived here in no.va.  Name: James (Dan) Daniel aka Les Wattly Call Sign: AE4HS (Extra) and VE   Main
interest: QRP..QRPP.. Building..camp and hiking with qrp gear. Was a member of the NOGAQRP CLUB in Atlanta,Ga. Moved to
Catlett two weeks ago. Equipment: Argonaut 509 (main rig) DSW 40 HW 8 loads of homebrew stuff .         

W4IDW (1) - Doug in Stafford, VA.  Dougs station includes: ICOM 761,  Yaesu FT-400Dx, Heathkit HW-101,  Heathkit HW8, Ramseykit 40 mtr xmtr, one homebrew 750milliwatter(40 meters). Antennas: 160 meter dipole fed w/ladder line up 70 feet, 80 meter coaxial dipole up 35 ft, 2 ele 40m wire yagi up 70 ft,  Tri-Bander up 25 feet.

W4IM (20) - John in Stafford, VA. John is QRP-l #1691

AE4LH (28) - David McGuire from Danville, VA. David recently ordered the SMiTE. This will be his first QRP rig. He has been licensed since 1989. He turns down the power on his Kenwood TS-440S when he runs QRP.

W4MXZ (52) - Jason in Richmond, VA. Jason runs a Knwd TS850 & a Ten Tec century 22. His antenna: All band dipole at 45 feet.

WB4OFT (62) - John McKee of Advance, NC. Rigs: TS570DG, TT Scout (with QRP switch mod), Kenwood R599D RX, SW30+, SST20,
Homebrew 80 meter TX Enjoy building radio stuff.  My goal is to build a ham shack that looks like Wes Hayward's (W7ZOI).
Favorite bands, 80m, 40m, and 30m. 72, John WB4OFT

W4ONC (30) - Joe Riplinger from Norfolk, VA. Joe uses the Heath HW8 and a Radio Shack HW100 10 meter rig for his QRPing. He has a Kenwood TS-520 that is presently in the repair shop due to a lightning strike. he finds that QRP is the best challenge in Amateur Radio. When he was able to work a "ZL" with only 2 watts he was amazed and now says he is "hooked".

KI4PS (33) - Jerry in Carrollton, VA. Jerry runs a Ten Tec Argo 556 at 5 watts and an extended G5RV. Jerry is a neat guy, I've met him a couple of times..

KD4PUP (2)  - Jerry Bloomer in Springfield, VA. Jerry's shack includes a Ten Tec 544, MFJ's 9040 & 9030. He is presently building a SST-30. Jerry's antenna is a G5RV.

KO4PY (58) - Brent of Lake Gaston, NC:    I have a place on ake Gaston and frequently work QRP into VA. At the lake I run 1 watt into dipoles on 40 and 80, plus 1 watt into a loop for 20. Rigs are DSWL 80, SWL40+ and SWL 20. Also run a Yaesu 757 GX II from time to time. 72 and GL de KO4PY -

KK4R (8) - Robert Neece of Yorktown VA. Robert likes to build QRP radios, mostly kits due to limited time and like to operate in QRP events. His 100% working radios are NorCal 40A, OHR100 for 20m, 80M crystal transmitter, 30m crystal transmitter and an TS 940 and has added a Elecraft K1 and K2 to his group of fine radios. He is still building kits but also finds some time to build small things from scratch.  There isn't enough time to operate as much as he used to, so maybe it is time to slack up on building and get on the air more.

WK4RC (63) Bob of Oak Creek, WI/ Brooksville, FL. Bob operates a station consisting of multiple Ten-Tec rigs a TS-450S and
assorted vertical and wire antennas. He likes to rag chew and contest. Bob is a fan of Ten-Tec gear and has been licensed
since 1989

KK4RF (24) - Marty from Chuckatuck VA (Suffolk area). Marty has been a ham since 1968 and he has been involved in QRP for about the past 12 years. He's built the tuna-tin2, several two-fers, two direct conversion xcvrs for 40 meter CW, a TAC-1 xcvr, and recently he built an old tune rig (6AG7, 6L6) for 40 meter CW. His antenna is a dipole fed with ladder-line and matched to the various rigs with a homebrew antenna tuner.

N4ST (22) - Jim; I just stumbled across the VQS page, did not know Virginia had a QRP organization, this is great! Sign me up, the check is in the mail, ;-).I am using a Ten-Tec 1320 on 20 meters, 3 watts out to a wire dipole at 36 feet strung between trees. Santa brought me this TenTec kit last Christmas and I have dropped some strong hints for a 40M or 15M version for this year!

K4TX (7) - Chuck in Chester, VA. Chuck's eqipment includes: Yaesu FT-1000 MP, 160 mtr Zepp up 65 ft, 80 mtr dipole at 65 ft, 2 ele parasitic delta loop at 70 ft (switchable NE/SW).

KF4UCC (36) - George in Chesapeake, VA.... Been CW Operator since 1957 but ham for two years. Started SWL'ing and scanning about eight years ago and then decided if I was going to have antenna farm - I should probably get a license. Rigs/Antennas: KNWD TS 520se puts out about 80 watts thru my G5RV abt 60 ft high. RCI 2950 (Ranger) 10 mtr rig puts out 4-8 watts cw thru homebrew dipole abt 20ft high made from #10 house wire and balun from medicine bottles. 15 Meter rig named "Little Joe" made from board bought from Dans small parts on the net for $13.50. Have built TenTec Rec kit 1056 (15 mtrs) to go w/little Joe. Vectronics (VEC 1140/1240) Xmtr and rcvr for 40 mtrs w/about 1 watt. Welcome George. (See George's full intro on the members news section of this site)

AF4UU  (47) - Bob Holcombe of Stafford, Virginia

W4TNX (45) - John. John is the current plaque holder for Va. QSO party - QRP!. He also won the CQ 160 meter SSB QRP contest for Va this past year. WA4QDM's web site!.

N4ROA (6)- Dan in Gate City, VA.

N4UY  (54) - "Jake" in Vienna, VA. Jake has built: 20m SST, Pixie, MRX-40, QRPp audio amp, DeMaw audio filter, OHR 100a, ZM2 and is presently working on a Tixie & Gm20. His shack includes: 49er, 38 Special, Rainbow tuner, NorCal paddles, Ten Tec Scout (ran at 4.5 w). Antennas include: 40 & 30 m dipoles, 20m full wave loop, 20m vertical dipole. Welcome JAKE!

KU4WH (56) - Ruth Frock of Manassas Park, Va.  Ruth is a newcomer to the
QRP aspect of Amateur Radio, and recently attended Atlanticon. Welcome Ruth!

GM4XQJ  (68) -  Brian Waddell of Falkirk, Scotland.  I am 100% qrp operator with 99% on CW.
Shack equipment Ten Tec Argosy and TH3 at 50 Feet with Delta Loops for the L.F. bands.
Member QRP-C#97, QRP ARCI#7644, G QRP-C#2743, RSGB, GMDX Group. 72's de Brian GM4XQJ.

AF4YE (51) - Bob in Spotsylvania, VA.

WB4YEX (25) - Darly in Harrisonburg, VA: I have been a ham since 1976 but never run qrp. I have always done a lot of backpacking and for the past several years have been thinking about getting a qrp rig to take along. I am in the process of researching the rigs etc. to make a purchase this spring. I have joined a couple qrp email lists to make inquiries as to equipment etc. That is how I found out about your organization. What I am planning on doing this summer is posting to qrp lists when, where, what freq and what time I will be operating from trips. I am going to print up a custom qsl card for each trip to send to those I work. Daryl Cline WB4YEX Harrisonburg, Va. Adventure Radio Society # 632 WB4YEX web site!.

KD5CTJ  (31) - Eric Werner QTH/Ashburn/VA Just built the MFJ-Cub for 20m. My code stinks. (5-7WPM) Hi! Hopefully it will improve.

KD5DBO (39) - Paul Smith of Arlington, Texas.

W6AXM (46) - Gar in Garden Grove, CA...name here is Gar and Callsigns are K2IQR & W6AXM. AXM is my personal call and IQR belongs to the company club. Before that it belonged to me -When I lived in Yankee land (New Jersey). Current QTH is Garden Grove, CA, about 2 miles SW of Disneyland. My standard QRP rigs are a QRP Plus and SG-2020. The 2020 is only used to batter down the walls of KW rigs during pileups however so it really doesn't get too much use. My station antennas vary between a tunable 36" loop and and ancient Mini-Products C-4 coaxial vertical. Most of what I do is on SSB with a smattering on QRS CW. Of course when I really want to be QRPp I use a KnightSmite $13 transceiver with tiny DC-DC converter that gives me 12 volts when operated off of old Polariod filmpack batteries which will power it for about a week straight. I also have a Collins KWM-2a station but it's more of the day-to day sked meeting radio than just-for-fun radio. It generally feeds a Moseley CL-33 or a G5RV multiband doublet. 72/73 to all de Gar - W6AXM

KF7ET (66) - Cal from Shelly Idaho.   Rigs: MFJ 9040, 920, 971, 4114 power pack, QRP+

AL7FS (32) - Jim Larsen in Anchorage, Alaska (AK QRP #03)

NL7SE (53) - Will in Fredericsburg, VA. Will runs Heathkit twins & an indoor antenna.

WV7T (29) - Mike Anderson from Colorado Springs, CO. N8EAG - Arch in Fairmont, WV. Arch's rigs include: INDEX QRP++, Various Oak Hills research monobanders & a windom at 25 feet. Arch runs 4 watts output.

W8ERV (65) - I have been associated with Amateur Radio since 94' and I have enjoyed the joy and thrill of our Great Hobby ever since.  I proudly have served with the Central Michigan Amateur Radio Club, as President, in 1998, 1999 and now 2000.  This is my last year, as there is lots of stuff to do any my family deserves my time, as well.  :-)     My shack includes a Yaesu FT 920, NorCal 38 Special, Emtech NW 8020 and a monster Pentium machine (homebrew) for logging it all in.  My tower houses a Cushcraft A4S at about 55 feet, as well as a homebrew coaxial dipole, designed much like the double bazooka, cut for 80M (tunable thru 10M).  WHAT A BLAST!

KB8IJN (4) - Barry in Pasadena, MD. Barry runs a Knwd TS-850, TS 140. Antenna, all band dipole up 35 feet.

AD8K (55) -  Victor Blackwell.   Hamilton, Ohio

K8LD- (5)Mark in Bowling Green Ohio. Mark runs the SGC-2020 and an LDG Electronics QRP auto antenna tuner. He might build a QRP rig as a backup.

N9BPE (42) - Carl Humes. Carl's QRP gear includes an MFJ 9020, Ten Tec Scout (5 watts), and Sanyo CB converted to 10 meter CW. Welcome to the Club Jim!.. click here to check out Carl's homepage.

AE9K (16)- Brian. TS430S and AP8A vertical mounted on the ground with 6 radials. Also have Norcal40 (original), 38S, and 49er as back up and travel rigs. Love to contest.........

KB9LTF (26)- Dennis Burden in Evansville, Indiana. Rigs: ICOM 706. G5RV and Borrowed tuner.

KD4QIT- (57)-   Hello my name is Jeff Newsome I recently started playing with QRP and Im trying to revive this club and im now the webmaster . I enjoy digital ham radio mainly psk31 and contesting I live on the Northern Neck of Va in Lottsburg in Northumberland County im looking for more to join in and get active again