I would expect 0 watts to be zero watts for all practical purposes.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out that 0 watts was very close to, but not exactly 0.
... and if your receiver is any good at all, picking up a signal that is for all practical purposes zero within 100 meters is kind of expected.
If you want to practice with the radio, get a 50 ohm dummy load. Even that is likely to be heard on your other receiver.
73, and welcome to the hobby! -- Lynn On 7/21/2017 1:47 PM, Eben Bruyns wrote:
I'm a new ham and this is my first radio... So far I've managed to make contact on 80m but it leaves a lot to be desired. While messing around I tuned a portable receiver to the same frequency as the kx3. I had the kx3 power set to 0 watts and keyed the mic. The receiver produced qrm every time I did this. Is this normal?
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