[OKDXA] On Power...

[Ray Armstrong]

As for myself, it depends upon conditions, propagation and simply how bad I want the contact. I have a friend who lives in the country, has seldom any RF , he can work a station with 100 watts , most of the time to work the same station I’d have to run some power 

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> On Apr 13, 2022, at 10:53 AM, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I don't have an amp so that is an easy decision for me.
> 
> 73 John AF5CC
> 
>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:21 AM Kim Elmore <cw_de_n5op at sbcglobal.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I've a question for the group: how often do you QRO for a DX contact vs
>> the usually 100 W? I tend to try 100 W first and if I'm clearly making
>> no progress, I'll run QRO (except for 30 m). Am I being a masochist? Do
>> those of you with almiost all of 'em worked simply turn on the amp when
>> you turn on the rig and run full smoke all the time, or do you pick and
>> choose?
>> 
>> 73,
>> 
>> Kim N5OP
>> 
>> --
>> Kim Elmore, Ph
>> 
>> Kim Elmore, Ph.D. (Adj. Assoc. Prof., OU School of Meteorology, CCM, PP
>> SEL/MEL/Glider, UAS, N5OP, 2nd Class Radiotelegraph, GROL)
>> 
>> /“I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two
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>> secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven." – Jascha
>> Heifetz/
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