In defense of the Scout, I have to jump in here.
I have used my Scout at home with vertical all bander, (Gap Titan) and with
attic dipoles, or low outdoor modified G5RV known as the K5KVH; and had no
trouble working DX, or whatever was coming thru on 20 SSB. And even 40m. I
seldom got on the other bands, but it worked fine on 15/ 10 when they are
open.
At several years Field Days for our club, recently, the Scout has been used
QRP (5w) on 20m SSB with giant horizontal loop antennas, (up to 12 waves
around on 20m) and made the largest scores in our class/ section for several
years.
QRP with a superior antenna and the Scout is a great experience. With
ordinary dipole class antenna, the Scout gives a lot of fun with 50 watts
and has been known to close a band, (my Scout and another were the last left
hearing each other in a roundtable). I get lots of great audio remarks
unsolicited on the Scout, and then when I tell them it is 50 watts, they
are amazed.
Stuart
K5KVH
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