[Elecraft] Re: (no subject) [question about announcements]

Fri Apr 25 23:17:00 2003

On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Kevin Cozens wrote:

> At 11:14 PM 04/24/2003 -0700, you wrote:
> >Wayne Burdick wrote:
> >
> >>What else can we design for you today?
> >
> >The KPA1000.
> 
> I thought we were supposed to be QRP enthusiasts. Why on earth would we 
> need that much power? :-)
> 
> Seriously, I have worked over 180 DXCC entities (mostly using SSB) with 
> only 100 watts into a ground mounted vertical. I have never felt the need 
> to use any more power than 100 watts.

QRP is great and I love working QRP.  For "armchair copy" on 75m during
the summer in a roundtable discussion, it is nice to be able to throw some
more power into the air.  No - it is not necessary to run that much power,
even in the summer on 75m to do a quick QSO but, it is sure more pleasant
to not have to strain to hear someone when you're having a 3-4hr QSO with
10 other operators.

73 de John - K4WTF
K2/100 #2490
WAS #8