Don and the members of the list,
I am still troubleshooting the alignment issue. I am better now than I was a
couple of days ago. Don and I have been comparing notes. I have removed the
ATU from the circuit and tried some other things. After some poking around
with the RF probe I have
Since everyone has an opinion here's mine. I believe that QRP and QRO both have
a place in ham radio. I really enjoy QRP operation because it brings back the
thrill of every contact that I had when I started in ham radio. When conditions
are marginal the extra power of QRO (100w in my case) can
Hi David --
It was my oversight not to sent the concept to the reflector.
However I will note that it takes a substantial amount of ferrite to
develop serious Z at HF. I'm skeptical that a few beads at each end
will have a material effect... but perhaps someone will give it a go and
I have a K1, it was my only HF rig from 2003 to 2008 when My K3/100 #696
arrived. I still use the K1 from time to time.
My goal it WAS CW QRP, 40 QSL cards received so far.
I am now also getting into CW traffic nets on 80, have often done it with 5
watts. Sometimes when conditions are a bit
Wow Cookie! I wasn't trying to ruin your week, or even your
day! I thought I made it fairly clear that how one
approaches the hobby is a very individualistic thing. If
you want QRO (and big antennas), that's fine! I'm certainly
not being critical of that approach. I just don't subscribe
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