The largest contributor to DX success has and always will be your ability to be there and efficiently radiate a signal in the right direction and to receive signals well. I have always found QRP based on TX power to be anachronistic. It is the EIRP that matters. Neglecting efficiency for the moment running 5W to a 10dB gain beam is exactly the same at the far end of the QSO as running 50W to an isotropic. So many hams are QRAntenna. QRP + QRAntenna is difficult.
Usually though, the antenna difference is much greater due to losses, especially with covert low antennas. That is not all of it either. The older ham with the large real estate, the 60ft tower and the beam and a pension, is not only going to have a better signal but does not need to spend most of their waking hours at work. These hams are QRTime. So QRTime + QRAntenna + QRPower = really hard challenge. Eliminate any one of those and it is still an impressive achievement. Eliminate two and it is getting a bit easy. -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/DX-on-15-watts-tp6639611p6641077.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
