Warren wrote:
What about when ther is NO power! Low powered CW rigs get through
when everything else fails. It has been demonstrated time and again.
They can use battery or solar power better than voice rigs because of
their low power draw.

I can't really agree with that having worked Italy on 20m using 1w SSB
on 20m. The rig was a Ten-Tec Argonaut 509. The biggest problem I had
was I forgot to say "over" after answering his CQ and he thought he missed
the last letter of my call.

Geoff.
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