[UK-CONTEST] The quest for QRO

[David Ferrington, M0XDF]

Surely, if I could work VP6DX from Bracknell in Berkshire, on 80m SSB  
with 100W to a non-resonant and rather short long wire, we don't need  
QRO ?
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73 de M0XDF

On 22 Feb 2009, at 01:38, Roger Parsons wrote:

> ... What I would like to see is an ERP limit but ...
>
> I would hate to see an ERP limit - it seems to me that that forces  
> everybody down to the lowest level. Admittedly it's much easier in  
> Canada than the UK to put up large antennas (where I am the only  
> limitation is aviation safety - and the fact I can't afford anything  
> massive :-), but even in the UK some stations manage better antennas  
> and more radiated power whilst remaining within legal, interference  
> and planning constraints. Surely overcoming challenges is the nature  
> of our supposedly technical hobby.