On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 7:59 PM, W0MU Mike Fatchett <[email protected]> wrote:
> ... Some people like running 5kw to work dx ... 5 kW. Hmm...To quote one Topbander (who shall forever remain anonymous), "If you can't make it with ten thousand watts, it's just not amateur radio! (It's been *many* decades since ... never mind. ;-) My biggest thrill, right after I first put up my 160m Inverted-L --with two opposed N-S 10' high λ/4 elevated radials-- was breaking a huge DX pileup WITH ONLY 100 WATTS! Later, I ran more power with a modified SB-200. I now can run the legal limit (and probably 2500w if I wanted to, but don't). But after that, I began to understand the thrill of QRP that others talk about. In the next ~6 weeks, I hope to have that back up again. It'll be in a CW contest, and a lot of that will be 100 watts or even less. How else can I see how well my station is working? I don't know --or care-- what others run (mode or power). *Can we do anything about it?!* 73, Mike www.w0btu.com _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
