Congrats, Gary, on the QRPp QSO. QRP on top band is quite an accomplishment and is a real thrill when it happens. I recently built a 4 coil Meissner osc, from a 1924 QST. It uses a C-301A ('24 vintage) tube at about 4 watts input...and probably about 1.5 out. I strung up a 160m Windom at 30-35 feet...thot it would be a dummy load...but so far I've worked about 5 states...and Eddy, VE3CUI and getting pretty good reports. If you hear me down at the low end of 160, pse give me a call. Have fun...73, Bill K4JYS (NC)
----- Original Message ----- From: "Gary Smith" <g...@ka1j.com> To: topband@contesting.com Sent: Sunday, December 11, 2011 2:44:28 AM Subject: Topband: Nice QRPP QSO By no means any shadow of a record but I just had a CW QSO on TB with N3LCW/QRP in Md & me in CT; about 300 miles apart. The band was absent of signals till down at the bottom, there he was calling CQ as a QRP so I switched the amp off, turned the K3 down to 5W and got A 599. a bit later I dropped it to 100mW and got a 559 from his K2. Kind of amazing there aren't more people on 160, it's definitely alive. 100mW... nice! Gary KA1J/QRPp _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK