Welcome to North Georgia

North Georgia QRP Club!

This small, but growing, group of amateur radio enthusiasts, most of whom are within 90 miles (and more)  of Atlanta, are interested in promoting the development of the branch of amateur radio known as QRP - building and operating low power transmitters, receivers and transceivers.

 
October 2006 Picnic

The NoGaQRP club generally meets monthly at 10AM on the second Saturday of the month at the
Wieuca Baptist Church in Buckhead

The address is 3626 Peachtree Rd. (corner of Wieuca Rd.), Atlanta, 30336
We've been meeting in the lower level of the main building just off the Wieuca Rd Parking lot.

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The Next NoGaQRP meeting is scheduled for
Saturday August 9, 2008

Check out a couple of KX4OM's recent projects: "PluG-PiG" and the ultimate "Guppy-Watta-PiG"..!


NOGA GuppyWaTTaPiG
NoGa Guppy Kits Still Available !

NOTICE: No kits will be shipped between
August 15 and September 30, 2008

"Genuinely Useful and Practical   qrP  accessorY".  

The GUPPY is a semi-break-in antenna switching unit.  The circuit board and circuit details are from "W1FB's QRP Notebook" published by the ARRL in 1991.  This is the perfect companion for your Tuna Tin 2.  Pricing Information.  Click here for details.


Check out the GuppyWaTTaPiG special.  All 3 of NoGa's electronic kits can be purchased for special price: Pricing Information  See the Guppy documentation for this "ultimate" qrp accessory.


The "Guppette" is a solid state "voltage" keyer for rigs such as the TT2 and FireBall 40.  Pricing Information.


NoGaWaTT Kit Information

NoGa (North Georgia QRP Club) has finished another production run of the world famous NoGaWatt Meter Kit. The NoGaWaTT was featured in an issue of the NJQRP "Homebrewer".

This is a QRP watt meter and swr meter kit based on the "Stockton" design found in the 1996 ARRL Handbook pp 22.36. more kit info | Pricing Information

Manuals are no longer shipped with kits. Please download from the web site.


April 12, 2008
We're in the process of changing Treasurer and Kitting Chair. Jim Hill W4PDZ has agreed to take on the challenge. Thanks Joe, W4JHR, for several years of holding the coins.
Boy has QRP changed. I thought an 808 was made out of tin!

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March 8, 2008
Another great meeting back in Buchhead.

Picnic

January 12, 2008
NoGaQRP met in Lawrenceville with about 300 other hams at the GARS TechFest

Wey, K8EAB, took some photos.

Picnic

December 8, 2007
Holiday Lunch 2007 - Good Food - Door Prizes - Great Stories

Picnic

October 13, 2007
Picnic # 2 Click the photo on the left to veiw additional photos.

N4TRB

Sep 8, 2007
Great meeting. Discussed Picnic Plans, NVIS antennas, building first project, crank radio, MFJ collapsable antenna, Russ brought some of his kits to show and there were about 20 additonal projects or happenings. Photo is a HiMite by N4TRB September newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

Aug 11, 2007
NoGa had two entries in the Adventure Radio Society's "Flight of the Bumblebees" QRP contest. We set up camp at a park recreation area in Roswell. August newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

July 14, 2007
We had a great turnout for the July NoGa meeting, 25 in attendance. Jim took the lead, as he had several items to be addressed, along with announcements of upcoming events. July newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

June 9, 2007
New topics, new gear, and some new ideas that will no doubt be widely discussed among the membership June newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

May 12, 2007
We had a very fine turnout on a beautiful morning. Five, yes 5, folks came for the first time, and they underwent the arduous initiation rites of becoming NoGa Members May newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

April 14, 2007
It must be spring, because everyone was worried about their antenna April newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

March 10, 2007
We had projects from Russ, AE4NY; Ted, KX4OM; Rick, K4RAB; Harold, KE6TI.  Much more in the newsletter published by Ted, KX4OM

February 10, 2007
Back to the Church and a great turnout.  We had projects from Russ, AE4NY; Ted, KX4OM; Brooks and  Jim, W4PDZ.  Guy, AF4MN discussed the weekly net and options for changing frequency.  We're planning to try 3.577 at 8:30 on Tuesdays.  We want to try this for the next few weeks then publish the new freq.



NOGA GuppyWaTTaPiG NoGa Guppy Kits Still Available !


Temporarily out of Stock

"Genuinely Useful and Practical   qrP  accessorY".  

New "Guppette" Available

A new Kit from the North Georgia QRP Club.  The GUPPY is a semi-break-in antenna switching unit.  The circuit board and circuit details are from "W1FB's QRP Notebook" published by the ARRL in 1991.  This is the perfect companion for your Tuna Tin 2.  Pricing Information.  Click here for details.

Temporarily out of Stock
Check out the GuppyWaTTaPiG special.  All 3 of NoGa's electronic kits can be purchased for special price: Pricing Information  See the Guppy documentation for this "ultimate" qrp accessory.

The "Guppette" is a solid state "voltage" keyer for rigs such as the TT2 and FireBall 40.  Pricing Information.

NoGaWaTT Kit Still Available! NoGaWaTT Kit Still Available!  The world famous North Georgia QRP Club world famous NoGaWatt Meter Kit was the subject of the first annual NoGa/Flying Pigs buildathon at this year's Four Days In May. It was also featured in an issue of the NJQRP "Homebrewer". 

The NoGaWaTT  is a QRP watt meter and SWR meter kit based on the "Stockton" design found in the 1996 ARRL Handbook pp. 22.36.  Pricing Information  Click here for details.

smallnogapig.gif (1798 bytes) NoGaPiG Kit Still Available!  The world famous North Georgia QRP Club world famous NoGaPiG Kit  It was also featured in  the NJQRP "Homebrewer". 

The NoGaPiG  is a QRP "Power/Indicator Guard". This electronic power supply monitor protects your qrp equipment from direct shorts, reverse polarity and over voltage.  The PiG includes an LED to alert for low voltage.  This is useful during field activities where a battery change may be needed.  The PiG has a resetable Polyfuse so you don't have to carry extra fuses to the field.  The kit includes all parts except the enclosure and external connectors..   The PiG board has real estate for (parts are not included) for an electronic CW keyer and a static hiss filter for use with headphones.   Pricing Information Click here for details.

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NoGa Compendium Volume 1 - 2001 Still Available! 
This publication is 117 pages of fun packed information with schematics, pictures, assembly instructions, tips and errata. It is professionally produced in a spiral bound manual that will lie flat when you are building. 
 Pricing Information.   Click here for details. 

Please note:  All forms of payment must be acceptable for deposit in a U.S. Federal Reserve Bank.  No items requiring bank collection will be accepted.

NoGaQRP Activity Fun Nights
 Club members meet for chatting, testing rigs, and HAVING FUN:

Tuesday night we have the 2 meter FM net.  At 9 PM on the Atlanta Radio Club repeater on  The frequency is 146.82/22 with a PL of 142.5. 
(Thanks to Guy Puckett, AF4MN for volunteering to run this net.. 9/17/2002)

Tuesday night we have the cw qrp net. Between 9:00 and 9:30 PM Eastern on or about 3577 KC.   Join us and try out that rig.  If you don't have a QRP rig, call us with your KW or what-have-you.  But try to turn off all the power you can and HV FN.!! (Sometimes the NCS doesn't even make it but check anyway).  This is a slow speed net.  Whom ever is NCS will normally slow down to the slowest check in speed.

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QRP ARCI Many members of the NoGaQRP group also belong to the
international QRP club - QRP Amateur Radio Club International.
If you would like to visit the QRP ARCI web site, simply click on the symbol below.

QRP-ARCI Home Page


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