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QRP in the South Pacific

CAM HARTFORD

CQ CLASSIC: Radio and the Lure of the Sea To accompany this issue’s article about the radio gear aboard the Kon Tiki during Thor Heyerdahl’s 1947 expedition by raft from South America to Polynesia, we thought it would be fun to reprise a QRP column from just a little over 10 years ago, when N6GA reported on a ham who was installing a Heyerdahl-inspired (but solar-powered) transmitter on his sailboat. The August 2012 column also takes a look at a QRP mini-expedition to Easter Island. Enjoy… This month we turn our attention to the South Pacific for a couple of QRP adventures. Remember the Kon-Tiki? (See opening photo.) It was the raft used by Thor Heyerdahl to sail from Peru to the Polynesian islands in 1947. His purpose was to show…

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CQ Amateur Radio (Digital) - 1 Issue, October 2023

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