The first transmitter I used as a novice was an 80M WWII ARC-5 with
400V on the plates. It probably only put out about 25 watts, not qrp,
but certainly wasn't a qro rig by todays standards. I was using an
ARC-5 receiver (broad as a barn), and a 75 ft. end fed wire antenna.
I made contacts all over the country; usually if I could hear them,
I could work them. I never felt the need for more power, just a more
selective receiver. When I bought a used HQ-170 receiver, I thought
I'd died and gone to heaven!
Until you develop the skills, you may not be able beat the competition
and work the rare ones you hear, but you'll make plenty of casual
contacts running qrp. In the meantime, you'll develop the operating
skills needed to compete (and beat) the qro crowd, and have a lot of
fun doing it! HF isn't like 2M repeater operation - you don't have to
be "full quieting" to communicate.
72/73 Bill wb0cld
Bill Launer
St. Charles, MO
launerb@crl.com
wb0cld@wb0cld.ampr.org [44.46.66.25]
qrp-l #279 qrp arci #3551
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