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Re: Topband: QRP on 160?

To: Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com>, "Topband@contesting.com" <topband@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: QRP on 160?
From: Mike Furrey <mikefurrey@att.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2024 15:07:34 +0000 (UTC)
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Appears so! I need to find my QRP watt meter and check it.
   On Tuesday, July 2, 2024 at 09:31:40 AM CDT, Ken WA8JXM <wa8jxm@gmail.com> 
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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> 73,
> Jeff KH6O / 6
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