[Milsurplus] TCS Low-Power Operation

[Richard]

Well, yes and no.  Many years ago for five years all I used was an 
Argonaut 509 with 2.5 to 3 Watts output, and did not feel seriously 
handicapped.  Calling CQ or weak stations was not rewarding, but calling 
moderate to strong stations was a cinch.  I usually received signal 
strength reports one or two S units lower than I gave, and that's not 
bad.  I even took an award in the Massachusetts QSO Party.  From 
experience, if you're running 15 to 25 Watts you will do about as well 
as with 100 to 200 Watts. However, it's nice to use big honking tubes 
and room warmers.

Richard, AA1P


On 01/26/2017 04:57 PM, Todd, KA1KAQ wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:13 PM, Kenneth G. Gordon 
> <kgordon2006 at frontier.com <mailto:kgordon2006 at frontier.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 26 Jan 2017 at 18:46, Ray Fantini wrote:
>
>     >     around 100 watts and then the contacts started coming back.
>     I know there are a lot of
>     >     QRP people out there but not me. I know if I can barely hear
>     someone calling CQ I won´t
>     >     respond and assume that a great deal of other Hams feel the
>     same.
>
>     "If I can't hear him, he can't hear me."
>
>     Yes. I agree.
>
>
> Absolutely. Not sure who said it - "Life's too short for QRP". It's 
> one thing if you're playing with something like a GRC-109 or the BC-9 
> like Dave has been working on. An occasional challenge like that is 
> fun, as much fun to get it to work as to operate it, I'd bet. 
> Otherwise I want to enjoy some decent ragchew time without a constant 
> struggle. Finding time to get on the air (or even get the station back 
> together after the move) is more than enough challenge and struggle 
> for me.
>
> Different stokes, as they say....
>
> ~ Todd,  KA1KAQ/4
>

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