> I was just looking at the 160m history information on your
> own site, Tom, and seems like there were plenty of guys
> in the 30s who ran a handful of watts.
160 meters had a power limit of 10 watts in most foreign
countries.
In the USA it changed over the years from a low of 25 watts
on permitted segments to a high of 200 watts night power.
It was only in the 70's and 80 with the decommissioning of
LORAN A power limits saw a substantial increase.
There were a lot of 10 watt 807's and even a few known 10
watt pairs of 813's on 160.
> And there are certainly a lot of Novice rigs from the 50s
> and 60s that only managed a few watts out. The "Novice
> Special" comes to mind, at about 10-15 watts input.
Sure, and people were busily upgrading to bigger rigs as
fast as they possibly could. I lasted about three weeks with
page after opage of no contacts in my log until I upgraded
from a 6V6 to a MO/ PA at 75 watts. I did everything I could
to get up to the maximum limit.
> All this stuff was QRP -- all homebuilt, too. I think it
> was just a matter of getting on the air with whatever you
> could managed to use at the time.
> Running QRO became a lot more affordable in the 60s. Seems
> like it was the early 70s when people started to
> recognize QRP efforts. Perhaps some of it was nostalgia.
The conversation was actually about commercial rigs Bill,
not homebrew. Look back through old magazines and aside from
bottom level very cheap kits or entry Novice rigs, or VHF,
almost everything was 50 watts and higher. The trend to the
area of 100 watts power had nothing to do with amplifier
drive power, it mostly occurred long before the drive
limits.
> QRP is its own sub-hobby, and can be a lot of fun. Isn't
> for everyone.
That goes without saying. :-)
What we have here is a blame game where rules made because
of people's own flawed character or lack of ability is
blamed on others, like the FCC. It's the no-code no-job
everything-for-nothing mentality at its finest.
I don't care if people like QRP, I don't care if people like
CB. I simply don't like my life being impacted to satisfy
underachievers. Especially those who, because they are
unwilling to work and earn things properly, try to steal
what others have earned. Worse of all, they often claim they
deserve full rewards without working like the rest of us.
73 Tom
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