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Re: Topband: QRP on 160?

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Subject: Re: Topband: QRP on 160?
From: Steve Harrison <k0xp@k0xp.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 07:35:21 -0700
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"Minimum power" on my TS-890S or FT-991A is just under five (5) watts
(actually, about 4.7 for both).

Steve, K0XP



On 7/2/2024 7:31 AM, Ken WA8JXM wrote:
Ah!  So "zero power" on a K3 is not actually zero?!   Good to know!

Ken WA8JXM

On Tue, Jul 2, 2024 at 9:46 AM Mike Furrey<mikefurrey@att.net>  wrote:

  I accidentally made a QRP Q on 160 ... I had just moved and set up my
station and wanted to test a feature off the air but couldn't find a dummy
load. Sooooo, I cranked the power of the K3 to zero, dropped my call, NO3M
came back with a report. That dude has some ears!
73, Mike WA5POK

     On Monday, July 1, 2024 at 10:59:20 PM CDT, Ken WA8JXM <
wa8jxm@gmail.com> wrote:

  For the younger crowd, 25 watts was the max power allowed in several 160m
segments (especially the opposite coast) back in the 60's and 70's.  100w
was the max anywhere in the U.S.

When I first got on 160 in 1964, working two states away was
often considered DX for me!

Yes, there were exceptional stations, but they were rare.

Ken WA8JXM

On Mon, Jul 1, 2024 at 1:57 PM Radio KH6O<radio.kh6o@gmail.com>  wrote:

Is anyone regularly using say, 25W or less on 160?

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