Topband: QRP

[Jim Brown]

On Tue,12/15/2015 2:22 PM, Tom W8JI wrote:
> Virtually zero QRP stations I've worked were using exceptional 
> antennas. As a matter of fact they very rarely have fairly good 
> antennas, like 1/4 wave verticals or inverted L's with large ground 
> systems out in the clear. 

Perhaps I'm an exception. I can switch between three 160M verticals, two 
of which are a quarter wave  with 4 radials elevated 20 ft, and one 
that's a 100 ft Tee with 60 on-ground radials. All three have a passive 
reflector that provides about 2 dB of gain.

I am equally frustrated with guys running 20W JT65 into a wet string 
with a mediocre decoder because "it's a QRP mode."

73, Jim K9YC