Darwin, Keith wrote:
How limiting will 5 or 10 watts (even with that Elecraft Mojo) be under
current conditions? Are we entering into conditions where QRP with
simple antennas will become rather frustrating? Is it K2/100 time?
You can still make plenty of contacts with 10 watts. During the day, 20
meters is usually open, and 40 in the evening. I worked Europe from
here (California) with 5 watts on 40 meters during a sunspot minimum
with a vertical. 30 meters can be quite good as well. If you could get
another 10 feet of height for your dipole, that would be a big
improvement.
But you will make more good QSOs with 100 watts. My advice is: get the
KPA100. You can operate at 5 or 10 watts output as much as you want,
but you will be able to turn up the power when you are not heard or
start to have difficulty during a contact.
--
73,
Vic, K2VCO
Fresno CA
http://www.qsl.net/k2vco
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