[Elecraft] SSB QRP

[Bruce Chadbourne]

To several who posted their interest in the K3 QRP experiences let me add
several anecdotes from last night alone.
I heard a South American SSB station calling QRP - I had no trouble hearing
him at all here in New Hampshire - I called back at 100w repeatedly and he
never heard me although he worked several US stations.
A short while later I was working Australia, 12m JT65.  We had such an easy
time of it we dialed down the power - I was working him with 1/2 watt with
my G5RV antenna (he had a dipole).  Isn't propagation wonderful!  And isn't
the K3 a nice tool.

In the last year or so with the K3 I have had several good experiences of
dialing down the power and still working some great DX, including SSB.  I
have plans to move into an antenna-restricted community (with some serious
concerns about operability), but I believe I'd rather have fun overcoming
that hardship with some stealth and a good pair of K3 ears, rather than
with the braun of a tower and the full legal power limit.

(Now, if we could only convince those illegal, foul-mouthed yahoos on 20
and 40m to go QRP!)
Bruce / KE1CY

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Bruce Chadbourne
8 Forest Dr
Merrimack NH 03054