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Dave · August 31st 06, 09:09 PM posted to rec.radio.amateur.antenna

wrote:

Thanks Guys I understand where you are all coming from. What I did not
say was that this is going to be used outside the US on a trip I am
taking and wanted to secure my own two way communications while on the
road with my partners.
Thanks
P
Paul Hinman wrote:

A 15 watt PEP SSB transmitter on 11 meters will do just fine for your application.

If the propagation is open, 15 watts will work the world.

If propagation is NOT OPEN, 25,000 watts will works to just over the horizon
[well maybe a little back scatter.] Two Hundred and fifty watts is just wasted
money.

In the olden days, when 11 meters was an Amateur Band, I worked every state in
the eastern USA with 7 to 8 watts and an indoor antenna.