QRP Record Shattered
A QRP record was shattered this week when Bob Goblosovits, W9RJX, after making a contact on 40 meters with a homebrew QRP rig in a tunafish can using 1 watt into a dipole, exclaimed on the QRP-L reflector "QRP really works!". This was the 239th time Goblosovits made the claim on a reflector, beating out Algernon Smith, WB2ACH, who previously held the record at 238 reflector messages in his ham career. Smith unfortunately passed away last year after succumbing to a heart attack at his workbench while soldering a surface mount kit rig.
It's expected that Goblosovits will be nominated and inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame this year at Dayton.
Anthony Good, K3NG, is a regular contributor to AmateurRadio.com and writes from Pennsylvania, USA. Contact him at [email protected].It's expected that Goblosovits will be nominated and inducted into the QRP Hall of Fame this year at Dayton.