On 31 Jul 2011 at 22:07, vicki glover wrote: > Until I built my K2 (7186) I had no idea that dx on 15 watts was even > possible. I have been running QRO for a couple of years and making the > contacts, but getting alot of these same contacts (Sweeden, Hungary, > Lithuania) on 15 watts with a radio I built is hard to top. Only been > running this rig for a week or two now, but am extreamly well pleased > with it. Just wanted to share the joy. 73 mike-kb3qja __
15 Watts is decidedly QRO, I have never run more than 5 Watts from my K2 in the past 9 years and have 231 DXCC. Last month I worked in the Club 72 Marathon (http://club72.su/marathon.html) with just 1 Watt for most of my QSOs and found stations came back just as easily with that power as they did with 5. Conditions have been pretty dire recently but nevertheless had quite a few nice QSOs including some in PY and LU. Give it a go, you will be surprised. 73 Dave G3YMC http://www.davesergeant.com ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
