after being ZK1DRA for the CQWW and the ARRL160 i can say you will have no
problem hearing anyone. i had 100 watts and a dipole up 40 feet and it was
impossible to work anyone on 160 (worked 7 on the ARRL160 in about 6 hours)
ZK1COW et al had no problem with 600w and a vertical on the beach
with my hw16 and 500 foot sloping wire from a plam tree no problem on 40
anywhere in the world, i did not work a single guy on 160 with the set up.
during ARRL160 contest the hw16 could hear K5s rolling in 559 two hours before
local sunset
good luck!
mike w7dra/0 in nebraska waiting for the CQWW160 (with the hw16)
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