Bill, I was line of sight from the house, plus both the transmitter & the R8 were using verticals, except mine was higher. At the top of the tree, a person could probably view the area the house was in to the NNW, no hills to go over. There was a Drive In in Gearhart 6 miles South that used 100 mw and I could get that here also. That wasn't line of sight, but I better antenna & ground. At the time, I could have QSL'd the transmitter, as I knew the guy that has the Drive In, but never did. Today, I would. But, I have heard of QSL's from Talking Houses through real estate outfits. My lowest power QSL, is one I did myself for a pirate I had in the 70s, about 1/2 watt. I also have a couple carrier current college stations QSL'd. One was 2 watts (SLC) and the other was 1 watt (Sacramento). In both cases, for extended coverage, they ran 10 feet of wire out on the floor by the transmitter I also have a 1 watt TIS from San Diego. So it doesn't take a lot of power to get out if cx are good. Probably my best, is a 3.5 watt TIS QSL from Texas on 1670 operated by a Fire Dept.
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