[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 86, Issue 14

[Wayne Burdick]

> Practical tests communicating between bush camp and home consistently
> proved that 10W CW was clear copy every night, but SSB was hit and  
> miss.
> 25 watts would have made all the difference. I would have been totally
> happy with cw, except the other hams in my family are morse- 
> challenged.

My QTH has many disadvantages (noise, low antenna, wrong part of the  
country, etc.). But I still make lots of contacts at 10 W.

I think we have to draw a distinction between "guaranteed"  
communications and "adequate, sometimes edgy" communications. The KX3  
represents a compromise between portability and output power, putting  
it into the latter category.

Yes, you may have to move to slightly higher ground or call three  
times rather than once, but IMHO this is part of the fun.

73,
Wayne
N6KR