QRP puts the onus on the receiving station. No problem transmitting 5W. 73, Rick W3BI > Date: Thu, 26 Sep 2013 14:58:04 +0000 > To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net > From: m0...@chocky.demon.co.uk > Subject: Re: [Elecraft] The Joy of QRP > > On Thu 26 Sep Stephen Roberts wrote: > > at least you had a nice day in the great outdoors. > > ....which is at least half the point of activities like SOTA. It'd be > nice if the summits nearest to me were more interesting, but I'd have to > move house to make that the case. > > > My latest "adventure" was a QSO with a station in Japan on 20m yesterday > > QRP sometimes throws in surprises like that. > > > I don't think my antenna is up to it. > > Experimenting with antennas is a big part of the challenge. The KX3's > ATU makes that a bit easier. One thing that's pretty much guaranteed is > that the antennas you've cut and tuned to near perfection in your back > garden will find some interesting way to behave when stuck up on a rocky > summit, or wherever, and the ATU helps keep them in line... > > My main QTH antennas could do with a re-think, though. I dream of having > something steerable with a bit of directionality... ;) > > > the pleasure and challenge of low power QSO's makes up for the > > occasional inability to make a contact. > > Heh. First time I took a radio to Kenya, back in mid 2011 when the > sunspots were all but absent, all I had was an FT817. Making contacts > from there with 5 watts was quite hard work; I think I averaged fewer > than two QSOs per day overall... > > -- > ... 73, Rick, M0LEP > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net
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