"Spajky" wrote in message
IMHO not, (practically maximum about 10x less probably with good
The current record on 80 meters is 546.8 miles with 0.0406 mW. By
comparison, your transmitter is QRO. Of course, that was with good
antennas. The transmitter was an off-center fed dipole, the receiver a 1000
ft. beverage.
80 meters is a pretty QRP-unfriendly band. But on a cold winter night when
the sun is behaving, it can be pretty good.
You might want to rummage around on the archives of QRP-L
http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/qrp-l/
There are a fair number of folks fooling with this kind of setup.
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