Nice to see you here Tom. I used much information form your site preparing for
my 160m set up here. In the spring I am going to take your advice and bury my
beverage feed line under the ground. I have not heard you on though. I
listened for you in the contest a few weeks ago but no joy on hearing you. One
of my first contacts on 160 now was VY2ZM, my friend Jeff. I have been
maintaining his amps since Bill passed on. Lou W1QJ
-----Original Message-----
From: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
To: Art Snapper <art@nk8x.net>
Cc: Topband <Topband@contesting.com>
Sent: Tue, Dec 15, 2015 3:13 am
Subject: Re: Topband: QRP
> Has anyone achieved DXCC on 160 meters using QRP?
>
> Or is anyone even close?
>
> 73,
> Art NK8X
Power ratings were DC plate input power up to the early 1980's. A Heath
SB220 was a legal input amp rated for 1 kW dc input CW, and 2 kW PEP input
on SSB. That was 1 kW dc input all modes, or about 600 watts output on
meters.
160 used to be 200 watts, 100 watts, or even 25 watts DC plate input at
night because of LORAN depending on location and what 25 kHz section of the
band you were in. That was roughly 120, 60, or 15 watts RF output depending
on location and band segment.
Many DX countries were only allowed 10 watts plate input power, or about 6
watts RF output, on 160.
That means there were many stations who had early DXCC, by today's
standards, ran QRP. Full legal power used to be QRP.
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