I agree with Tony. I've earned QRP DXCC, QRP WAC, all states except ID
and MT, and through patience and careful timing I've worked all the big
DXpeditions over the last couple years. My main antenna is a 44'
doublet in my attic. I generally use 3 watts. I credit Elecraft's
introduction of the KX3 *without* concurrently offering the 100 watt
amplifier with exposing many new folks to the world of QRP. It's great
to hear so much exuberance being expressed for QRP. I hope it "sticks"
after the 100 watt amp hits the market. 73, Stan WB2LQF
On Tue, Dec 18, 2012 at 11:01 AM, Tony Castellano wrote:
I have been following this thread and decided it was time I included
my comments.
First of all, I operate only CW only QRP and never more that 5 Watts.
About a year and one half ago I built a K2 and put up a 135 foot OCF
dipole antenna.
Since then, I have worked 168 countries CW, QRP. This includes South
Shetland Island the other day.
With my K2 and more recently my KX3, I have worked France, Brazil and
Hawaai with 100 milliWatts. The Hawaai QSO
equates to 50,000 miles per Watt.
I have worked Japan with 1 Watt and Australia with 3 Watts.
All it takes is patience and determination and of course great rigs
such as the Elecrafts.
I encourage any one who hasn't done so to put your high power amps
aside, try QRP and discover the fun you are missing.
73
Tony Castellano W1ZMB
tcaste...@optonline.net
Hopewell Junction, NY
RV-6
N401TC
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