Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:

The ARRL Handbook for Radio Amateurs
W1FB's QRP Notebook
QRP Power
Low Power Communication

The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.

Articles

Note: Some of the following articles are in Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF) files. To view and print these files, you'll need a copy of Adobe's Acrobat Reader program. (Version 3.0 or later required). More information here.

• Impressions of the Elecraft K2 Transceiver (26,034 bytes, PDF file)
  QST April 2001, p. 99
  Rich, K7SZ, QST QRP Column Editor, gives his personal impression of this popular transceiver.
• Low-Power Transceiver Kits You Can Build( 476,079 bytes, PDF file)
  QST June 1996, pp. 45-50
  A Comprehensive roundup of the most popular QRP transceiver kits on the market in recent years. (A & A Engineering, Oak Hills Research, S & S Engineering, Small Wonder Labs, Wilderness Radio)
  
• Elecraft K2 HF Transceiver Kit -- Product review (363,045 bytes, PDF file)
  QST March 2000, pp. 69-74
  Elecraft K2 HF Transceiver Kit -- Expanded Test Report (286,234 bytes, PDF file)
  
• QRP Transceiver Kits: Six Reports from the Field
  QST December 2000, pp. 28-32
  The ARRL Lab compiles six QRP kit reviews written by their builders.
• Three Cool Kits (75,759 bytes, PDF file)
  QST April 2000, p. 93 (QRP Power)
  NorCal 40A, Small Wonder Labs SW 40+, Red Hot Radio NC 20

Note:

Contact information for suppliers mentioned in the above articles should first be confirmed using TIS Address Database Search.

Additional resources

Books

Additional information on this subject and related topics can be found in back issues of QST and the following:

The ARRL Handbook for Radio Amateurs
W1FB's QRP Notebook
QRP Power
Low Power Communication

The ARRL has an extensive catalog of books and materials related to Amateur Radio.

Bibliography search (members only)

ARRL Periodicals Index Search - This database contains the QST index from 1915 to the present and the QEX index from 1981 to the present. For QST issues from 1970 to the present, and some selected articles back to 1922 (when construction articles featuring tubes began in earnest), identifying keywords have been added to the technical articles. By entering keywords (ANTENNA) or combinations of keywords (CONSTRUCTION ANTENNA VERTICAL HF) into the Title words: field, you may create dynamic bibliographies.
Technical article KEYWORD list. Hints for more successful searching

Suggested keywords for more articles like the ones on this page are: QRP

Article reprints

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