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                                          last update = July 2023

I  never met a pile-up I didn't like !

                     My very first DX contact was with KP4GN when I was a novice with a home-built 1 tube crystal-controlled. transmitter.  That was April, 30 1953, so I guess  that is when I got the DX bug.  I noticed that Juan is still an active ham. I only had one crystal, and it was 3.731 MHz. Around 1965 I started experimenting with transistorized c.w. transmitters.  I wanted to try some DXing with low power. I remember that I couldn't find any transistor on the market at the time that would go to 10 meters, and even 15 was a problem.  I did however find that I could get about 5 watts on 20 meters with a 2N3632. The transmitter design used a 2N706 oscillator, 2N697 driver, and a 2N3632 Final. I was very surprised when recently I found my schematic on the Internet in an old issue of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Amateur Radio Club Newsletter at:

                                       Go to JPL Radio Club April 1973 Article

Take a look !  

 

 

          Here is the "OCE" MiniRig

It worked 148 Countries on 20 meter CW

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                 1st QRPp "WAZ" (May 15, 1971 Award# 3180)

 

 

 

                                            Due to the angle of the photo, the 20 meter beam may appear smaller than it's actual size !!

                          My Current DX Totals are:                                  

My QRP - 5 Watts total : 333 worked (honor roll status)(333 confirmed) +14 deleted for 347 Total

My QRPp - 1 Watt total : 265 worked and confirmed + 1 watt WAZ completed on 10 March 2014. 

My QRP/QRO total : all 340 entities worked and confirmed + 24 deleted for 364 Total.

                            

   Other DX Accomplishments:                                                                  

          1st QRPp WAZ - CQ Magazine - 1971                                                     

          1st QRP DXCC from Milliwatt Magazine - 1972

          QRPp Distance Record working ZL2AFZ running 3 milliwatts - 1971 (A Standard Flashlight uses about 200milliwatts)

          1st Place Field Day 1984 - QRP classification

          Millenium Award - QST Magazine - Worked 100 countries in 2-weeks running 5 watts (Award dated 15Jan2000).

          Worked All Continents in 42 minutes in 1971 CQ WW DX Contest running under 7 watts input, 4.8 watts output..

 

 

 

 

 

 

              I offer a "QRPp - 300 Award" as shown below published in QST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

      Published QRPp Articles

The Bell System Amplifier - May 1969 - "CQ-WE" Contest Winner, K4OCE

U.R.E Magazine - June 1969, p.417-418 - DX con 7 W. C.W. - The "OCE" Minirig.

U.R.E. Magazine - Nov 1969 - p. 753 - 754 - TX de C.W. con transistores - K4OCE

QST Magazine - July 1969, How's DX - QRP = Quit Running Power - by Bob Rosier, K4OCE

Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp - Vol 1 - Feb 1970 - p. 10 - K4OCE "OCE Minirig" 14 Mc Transistor Transmitter

Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp - Vol 1 - Feb 1970 pp.3-4 - Technical Topics -Efficiency of Transistor Rigs

Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp - Vol 1, #4 - "K4OCE wins Milliwat Field Day Trophy"

CQ Magazine - Sept 1970 - p. 64-65 -  The top QRPp DXer - K4OCE to ZL2AFZ with 3 milliwatts

CQ - Oct 1970, p. 59 Some Notes on QRP DX, de Bob, K4OCE

Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp - Vol 1 #5 - October 1970 - p. 5 - 'A "How Low Can You Go"  Nomogram'

U.R.E Magazine - 1971 - p. 66 - Notes on QRPp

CQ - July 1971 - p. 68 - QRPp News - K4OCE completed WAZ with 7 watts input, 4.8 watts output.

Milliwatt: National Journal of QRPp - Vol 2 #5 - p. 10 - "OCE-MINIRIG for 14 mHz"

CQ- Dec 1972 - p. 61 - 1st QRPp DXCC Milliwatt Awarded to K4OCE (See girl in Bikini !)

CQ - Jan 1974 - Page 42 - The "Impossible" Challenge: "K4OCE snapped up the first QRPp DXCC Award"

CQ - June 1984 - p. 59 - QRPp Field Day Trophy to K4OCE

CQ Magazine - December 2000 - p.99 - QRPp Millennium Award - 100 countries in 2 weeks by K4OCE

CQ Magazine - August 2001 - p.61-63 - Nomograph - How Low can you Go in Power - By Bob Rosier, K4OCE

QST Magazine - May 2002, p. 95 - QRPp 300 Award offered by Bob Rosier, K4OCE

CQ Magazine - April 2003, p. 90 - QRPp QSLs from Bob, K4OCE/QRP (RARE DX RUNNING 5 WATTS)

QRP Quarterly Magazine - p.23 - How Low Can You Go Charts

QRP Quarterly Magazine - Spring 2009 Issue - Early "OCE" Minirigs

CQ Magazine - May 2014 - pp 62-63 - "Putting the QRP signal in Perspective"

QRP Quarterly Magazine - Spring 2009 - pp.16-17 - QRP History - The K4OCE Mini-Rigs

QRP Quarterly Magazine - Aprl 2017 - p.21 - First QRP WAZ and DXCC

QRP Quarterly Magazine - April 2017 - pp.14-17 - QRP Trap Dipole Construction

QRP Quarterly Magazine - July 2017 - p.31-33 - Simple Attenuators for Lowering 'Them Watts'

QRP Quarterly Magazine - October 2018 - p.19-21 - Build a High Permormance Ttriband Cubical Quad -

QRP Quarterly Magazine - April 2019 - pp16-17 - A Remote Field Stregth Meter

QRP Quarterly Magazine - July 2019 - pp.28-29 - Add Some Air to Your Aerial

QRP Quarterly Magazine - July 2019 - p. 32 - Early Radio Quiiz

QRP Quarterly Magazine - January 2022 - p.11 -Calibrate Your "Sloppy" S-Meter

QRP Quarterly Magazine - January 2023 - pp.32-33 - Can You Hear an S1 Signal?