For many years after I was licensed in 1960, we were limited in G-land to
10 watts input to the PA (not output). So working DX was a major
achievement, although there were quite a few 'fat watts' around!
G3PU used to regularly work VK and ZL with a genuine 10 watts from his
cliff top QTH on the
Appears so! I need to find my QRP watt meter and check it.
On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 09:31:40 AM CDT, Ken WA8JXM
wrote:
Ah! So "zero power" on a K3 is not actually zero?! Good to know!
Ken WA8JXM
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:46 AM Mike Furrey wrote:
I accidentally made a QRP Q on 160
"Minimum power" on my TS-890S or FT-991A is just under five (5) watts
(actually, about 4.7 for both).
Steve, K0XP
On 7/2/2024 7:31 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
Ah! So "zero power" on a K3 is not actually zero?! Good to know!
Ken WA8JXM
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:46 AM Mike Furrey wrote:
I
Ah! So "zero power" on a K3 is not actually zero?! Good to know!
Ken WA8JXM
On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:46 AM Mike Furrey wrote:
> I accidentally made a QRP Q on 160 ... I had just moved and set up my
> station and wanted to test a feature off the air but couldn't find a dummy
> load. So,
I accidentally made a QRP Q on 160 ... I had just moved and set up my station
and wanted to test a feature off the air but couldn't find a dummy load.
So, I cranked the power of the K3 to zero, dropped my call, NO3M came back
with a report. That dude has some ears!
73, Mike WA5POK
On
On 7/1/2024 8:58 PM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
For the younger crowd, 25 watts was the max power allowed in several 160m
segments (especially the opposite coast) back in the 60's and 70's. 100w
was the max anywhere in the U.S.
For a lot of reasons, having to do with having a life outside of ham
