The QRPer's mantra, "Skill not power" 73s Jim, W4ATK On Jan 25, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Wayne Burdick wrote:
> [email protected] wrote: > >> The question of "how much power is enough?" is always good for a lot >> of chatter. > > Indeed. > > This thread is always entertaining to those (including myself) who > have completed DXCC with less than 5 watts and a random wire. Not that > I'm biased. It was a struggle, and there's definitely a time and place > for more power. > > But occasionally I like to drop down to nearly nothing to remind > myself that, when the bands are really open, you *can* do it with a > lot less. > > Eric doesn't talk about his own QRP accomplishments much, but he > worked over 100 countries on a NorCal 40 (one of my first designs) > running just a few watts. In fact that's how we first met; I think he > called me to (a) thank me for the design and (b) boast just a little > to someone who would appreciate it :) > > Wayne > N6KR > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html JIM ROGERS, W4ATK [email protected] http://web.me.com/jimrogers_w4atk K3/100 P3 K2/10 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
