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Here is the old Motorola Small Signal Transistor Manual, a must for QRP experimenters. Each file is over 60MB, so have DSL or a lot of time. Your choice. The first part has been downloaded over 600 times, so there is some interest in keeping the data alive and well. Thanks.

The K7QO Code Course is now online at radiotelegraphy.net and as a reminder it is over 250MB in zipped format, so dialup is not the way to go.

The following links are to ISO images of parts of the complete code course. It is free and it is yours for the asking. All that I ask is that you use it, copy it, and GIVE it away. Please, do not charge for it for any reason.

Each file is a ISO-9660 image for the files. You MUST google for ISO-9660 and learn to extract the files for your operating system. I am a LINUX user and I will not and do not have the time to set up an instruction sequence. Sorry. You are on your own. Each of the ISO images is between 80-99MB in size.

35203c39085a79e76b9cd59f26752671  k7qo_course_part01.iso
b94a9e17c723043277817caa80c3baac  k7qo_course_part02.iso
4cb8c27c93cfcebb3e8b974b2a5e80e6  k7qo_course_part03.iso
681318d4acd1c53ea63405d58f40d8ee  k7qo_course_part04.iso
5cf0d6760f468917dd388bcbddc1979f  k7qo_course_part05.iso

Here is the start, April 5, 2009, of the qrp-tech@yahoogroups.com project to help the Novice, Tech and Tech Plus US licensed radio amateurs to use the new allocation of CW only band on 40m from 7.025MHz to 7.125MHz. The frequencies 7.030MHz and 7.040MHz are the QRP calling frequencies with the 7.030MHz being the world-wide preferred frequency. So please respect the area of the band and hopefully you to will join in the fun of running 5W or less around the area. There is a whole area of the 40m band in which you can run higher powers and not interfere with the low power operators. Though they can be found at other frequencies also.

The first thing that you need to do, if you haven't already done so is to learn the code. It only takes a little time each day to practice. It is not something that is given to you, you have to earn it and learn like anything else. I have a code course for free or you can use any that you find and like. Just avoid any course that uses tricks or visual aids as that will kill off progress later to obtain the higher speeds. Trust me on this. Look at my speeds (K7QO) in toplist section in the Senior Male group and the top speeds list at

You will also be interested in upgrading at a later time, so now is the time to start learning the question pool. We will be developing a free online document. Here is the starting question pool. Don't print it, but save it to disc and start reading through it. Material will be added as soon as possible to help you learn it with examples and details so that you don't need to memorize it, but truly learn something in the process that will help you much later. No matter what license class you are, please relay via club meetings, club newsletters, and via repeaters that this material is available in order to get more people upgraded. Start courses yourself. If you want to really learn something, teach it.

In order to help you both learn the code and the exam questions at the same time, I have converted the questions to code in the following MP3 files. Download them, save them to a hard drive, and listen to them daily either using an MP3 player or your computer. I'd prefer you buy a ten dollar MP3 player thumb drive sized system and carry it around with you and listen to it in your spare time. The code is at 15WPM (17WPM chars with 15WPM spacing). This is too slow to copy in your head. So carry a notebook and write down every character as you hear it and guess at the answer (learn them as soon as you can by studying) before it comes along in the code.

Two things happen when you copy code using pen and paper: 1. it forces you to concentrate and 2. you are going to learn the questions and answers much more quickly than any other way. Guaranteed. Repeat questions multiple times, both to memorize them and to practice on your code copying skills, so that when you do get on the air you will be prepared and ready to work the world.

I don't have them all converted, so will be adding files as fast as I can. Put your player in 'shuffle' mode so that you can skip around to give the exercises some randomness and to give yourself some challenge to this exercise. Let me know when you pass the test and let's meet on the 40m CW band soon.

The notation 10.3-17/10 means the file lasts about 10.3 minutes and the code is at 17WPM for characters spaced at 10WPM. This will get you started and after about a few hours or so I will decrease the spacing to get you going a little faster and it will take less time for each set of questions. Time is money. That's why the 19th century telegraphers were doing 50WPM and 60 messages an hour for Western Union and other companies.

You might be interested in the following stats:
001-040 9.2 hours of code practice

Since moving to Prescott, AZ in 1999, I have had a email signature that asks you to bring water to AZ if you are moving here. Look at the following and think about it.......

Due to SPAM bot routines email to \chuck\dot\adams\dot\k7qo\at\gmail\dot\com\ (you know what I mean). I report all spam email to uce@ftc.gov or spam@uce.gov Let the spam bots grab those email addresses.