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KB9KGI on 2009-11-07
It wouldn't bother me at all. My "Hot Rig" is a 50 watt TenTec and all the rest are QRP or qrpp.Total of 5. If you have a good antenna and watch the terminator line as night crosses the continent you can hit Europe with no trouble. Regularly work all three coasts and Canada with a 3-5 R,4-9 S and a 7-9 T. All QRP rigs are W1FB HB slashing out with 1 1/2 Watts. qrpp go on at 350-750 mw. When I got my first Novice ticket all you could run was 60 Watts and "rock bound" at that. So for me,no problem.You just need a good antenna or you are wasting your time. Obviously all CW.
KB9KGI

W1IT on 2009-10-18
Can you hear me now ? Lifes too short for QRP.

KE7CW on 2009-07-29
I bought a homemade tranceiver from a Ham in California for a dollar. It was on the cover of Han Radio, I think the march or April issue of 1980. It did not work. One of the resistors in the audio section was open. I replaced it, tuned it up and connected to my 5 band vertical mounted on our roof. My first contact was someone in Yuba City, California. Oh how thrilled I was as new technician (1984 or 5) QSO 40 meters. I want to get active again. dI have ordered one of the SDR,s from softrock40.

W4CNG on 2009-07-25
I do not do QRP, but rather QRO with Broadcast Digital TV. Ran more or less 100KW Output in Digital TV two weeks ago for 2 Minutes on Digital 1080i in Atlanta Ga doing some things on Best Buy's at the Shopping Center....Can you top 100KW Output Digital TV Power???

AB5GU on 2009-07-25
I'm guessing 10gHZ EME would be the best at 50 watts max.

N8XMS on 2009-07-25
A correction on my numbers with my QRPp QSO with W8YRP - I was at 100 mW and he was at 10 mW. The miles/watt numbers are correct.

N8XMS on 2009-07-25
I operate exclusively CW QRP and have WAS, WAC, and about 80 countries toward DXCC. My most extreme QRPp contact was with W8YRP in NE. (I'm in MI.) I was running 10 mW (6510 miles/watt) and he was at 1 MW (65100 miles/watt). My most exciting QRP DX was at 5 watts with VI5PN off the southern coast of Australia. QRP works great!

K4SFC on 2009-07-24
My most valued QSO was from Louisville KY to The Turks and Cacos Islands in the British West Indies on 144.200(2M)USB. I was running 35 watts into a 7 element yagi up 30 feet. The QSO lasted fifteen minutes. His QSL card is in the place of honor on my wall. In my mind, linear amplifiers are just a poor substitute for a good antenna. And they create excessive QRM and bad feelings all over the world.

WB8YYY on 2009-07-23
Ham radio can be enjoyable at any power level. Seeing what one can do with the aid of the ionosphere with less power than a night light is part of the fun. Many of us were drawn to QRP not by those 5 watt commercial rigs but by homebrew rigs and kits. Best radio experiences are too numerous - QRP-to-QRP DX and working a T9 with my '38 special' - a simple rig with 300 mW output and a single xtal receive filter.

W3JJH on 2009-07-23
During the last solar cycle: WAC (including Antarctica) on 20 m SSB QRP and WAS (except ID and DE) on 6 m SSB QRP.

I don't use a high-power amp; the most power I ever run is 100 W. Most of the time, I use a an Argonaut V or a K2, so a 50 W limit
would not really bother me.

OTOH, so folks find a need for 1.5 kW. There's no reason to lower the present limit.

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