I have been following this thread and decided it was time I included my comments. First of all, I operate only CW only QRP and never more that 5 Watts. About a year and one half ago I built a K2 and put up a 135 foot OCF dipole antenna. Since then, I have worked 168 countries CW, QRP. This includes South Shetland Island the other day. With my K2 and more recently my KX3, I have worked France, Brazil and Hawaai with 100 milliWatts. The Hawaai QSO equates to 50,000 miles per Watt. I have worked Japan with 1 Watt and Australia with 3 Watts. All it takes is patience and determination and of course great rigs such as the Elecrafts. I encourage any one who hasn't done so to put your high power amps aside, try QRP and discover the fun you are missing.
73 Tony Castellano W1ZMB [email protected] Hopewell Junction, NY RV-6 N401TC ______________________________________________________________ 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
