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Old November 3rd 09, 01:37 PM posted to rec.radio.shortwave
dave dave is offline
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Default Los Angeles to Russia on 40 Watts

dxAce wrote:

dave wrote:

Actually, my ERP is less than 40 Watts, because on 20 meters I have a
vertical dipole and 75 feet of RG-8X.


If you'd learn the code you could work them with even less power!



If I wan to use CW I can tell my computer to send and receive CW. I
still might learn the code, so I can work the world from an Altoids tin.