[Elecraft] QRP at VHF

[Ron D'Eau Claire]

How times change. 

At one time 5 or 10 watts was pretty typical on 6, 2 and 1-1/4 meters unless
you were one of the rare fellows trying for EME. And we were running AM
phone to boot!

My first 2 meter rig (homebrew of course) ran less than 1 watt.

It was not uncommon to work 50 or 100 miles with that power into a simple
ground plane antenna. 

Of course, one of the big attractions was that gain antennas were physically
rather small. 

Ron AC7AC