Hi Ron, If an SSB station is strong, it's likely they'll hear you with lower power. Consider an S-9 SSB signal with low band noise, from a station running 100 W. If you're running 10 W, you'll probably be somewhere between S-7 and S-8 at their end. A good antenna at either end helps both stations.
My favorite SSB band for local purposes is 40 m, and for DX, 17 m, 15 m, and 10 m. I routinely use a K3 or KX3 at 10 to 12 W on SSB. The antenna I use most often is a 50' random wire, fed roughly in the middle with 300-ohm twinlead, an Elecraft BL2 balun in the shack, and a short piece of coax to the rig. I then use the ATU in the rig to match this antenna on 160-6 meters. Despite this modest antenna, my SSB results have been excellent. 73, Wayne N6KR On Apr 17, 2012, at 12:43 PM, ron wrote: > > I realize many here are in the QRO group as evident by K3 mail (smile) > but here's to hoping there are some QRP'ers in the mix. > > Can you share your experiences using QRP SSB. Whether they be rag > chewing, contesting or working a net. Do you use a speech processor or > specific mikes. Things like that. > > I wud like to know of any specific freqs, nets groups or websites > dedicated to this faucet of our hobby that you may also share. > > (I am aware of QRP Amateur Radio Club International and their listed > SSB > freqs) > > Thank you for sharing, > > you may also reply direct so as to keep the list uncluttered .... > > 72 > Ron, wb1hga > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ 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
