[Elecraft] OT: qrp - antenna is everything?

[Bob Patten]

Tim wrote:

>>From you pros - I'm curious. At the bottom of an 11 year cycle is it likely
>that a 5 watt or less qrp rig will still reach anywhere in the world if you
>assume the station can have ANY antenna it wants? In short, is it ALL about
>antennas? I've not been a Ham long enough to experience the bottom of a
>cycle and sure have never been lucky enough to operate on a really premium
>antenna - so inquiring grey cells want to know :-)
>  
>
#1 NO
#2 YES

If there is no propagation, no amount of power or antenna will make a QSO.
If there is marginal propagation to the area you want to work, the 
antenna will
make all the difference in the world!

-- 
73,     Bob Patten, N4BP                Plantation, FL

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