[CQ-Contest] A bit of nostalgia

[kq2m at kq2m.com]

Why only 1 watt? Unfortunately I did not do a very good job of building 
it and it did not work properly until after it was fixed by Heathkit 
months later.  Maybe that is one of the reasons why I do not like QRP? 
LOL!

73

Bob, KQ2M


On 2025-09-17 11:01, John Geiger wrote:
> Worked JH1WIX on 15m for my first Japan.  That was on 15m with 100 
> watts, though.  Why was your HW16 limited to 1 watt?  That was the 
> first rig I ever used also, at our junior high club station.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
> Sent from Proton Mail Android
> 
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> On 9/17/25 8:30 AM,  <kq2m at kq2m.com> wrote:
> 
>> 
>>  I became a Novice in August 1973.  Using an HW-16 running 1 watt out 
>> to
>>  a 40 M dipole at ~ 15' at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, DX was 
>> hard
>>  to come by.  But thankfully LU5HFI (K3ZO) and JH1WIX frequented the
>>  Novice bands back then and gave many Novices their first DX qso's.  
>> They
>>  often had pileups, but persistence and learning the timing of how and
>>  when to call eventually paid off with qso's with both of them.
>> 
>>  It was only 2 months after I worked Fred, LU5HFI, when I read in a NY
>>  Times article that he had been shot and badly wounded while in
>>  Argentina. Quite a shock for a 12 year old kid.
>> 
>>  RIP my friends. Thank you for your kindness and your qso's.
>> 
>>  73
>> 
>>  Bob, KQ2M
>> 
>> 
>>  On 2025-09-16 20:23, W7TMT - Patrick wrote:
>>  > DX in the Novice bands?  I’ll bet many of you have DS7SV in those 
>> old
>>  > logs. He spent massive amounts of time giving Novices their 1st 
>> serious
>>  > DX Q’s. QSL card had a nice green background with his calling in a
>>  > white/cream script font across the face. Great and very patient op.
>>  >
>>  > Those were the days.
>>  >
>>  > 73
>>  > Patrick, W7TMT
>>  >
>> 
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