I'll probably get thrown off of the Elecraft list for what I am about to say...8-)
Don't get me wrong...I love QRP....most of my contest participation is at 5W. I can work the world with 5W. And on 10M during a solar peak I can break pileups with 5W. But my experience is that 100W with a dipole on 160M *IS* QRP...that the chances of grabbing a VU7 in a 40M pileup from the U.S. running 5W are pretty low and anyone looking to run emergency traffic with 5W only has to try checking into the Elecraft CW net to have a sense of what to expect when your antennas are down and the water is flowing past your bedroom window. Turn it up to 400W and maybe get heard...and fry some fish as they float by! QRP...the real skills are at the other end. <boy...am I asking for trouble with THAT line!> LOL. 73 de K2TA/qrp _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
