It had better. I'm in the process of putting up one of those right now
with Spider poles so I expect great things!
73 de W6OGC Jim Allen
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 1:28 AM, Rick - DJ0IP / NJ0IP <Rick@dj0ip.de> wrote:
> Steve,
>
> It depends on your antenna.
>
> Years ago our Field Day QRP class allowed 10w. Seems unlogical, but those
> were re the rules.
> With 10w and a beam or quad up 30 ft. or more, it will be no problem to
> work
> Germany - unless you're on the west coast.
>
> My club used a Lazy Loop antenna, about 20m (66') per side, fed with
> openwire.
> The antenna ran exactly north/south, and east/west.
> On the upper bands this gave us strong lobes of the 4 corners - NE for JA,
> NW for stateside, and SW for long path to VK. We would usually work
> several
> stations in each of these areas.
> BTW, comparing to a beam or quad at just 30 ft. or less, this antenna was
> usually just as strong.
> After a couple years we stopped putting up the beam or quad.
>
> Eventually the rules changed, QRP beam just 5w, and only one antenna mast
> was allowed.
>
> But as you see, you can work the world with wires with just 10w, as long as
> you work the wire right!
>
> 73 - Rick, DJ0IP
> (Nr. Frankfurt am Main)
>
>
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