re "No. 5607 first contact QRP"

[Edward A. Dauer]

Same feeling here.  I run a K3/KPA500 at the home QTH (in Colo.) but built a KX3 (s/n 5411) to take with me for the few weeks when I am working away from home (in NY).  With the simplest low dipole it's a kick to work the world with 5 watts - and even more so to sneak through a pile-up.  As a new QRPer myself I was attracted by the "KMPW" challenge (though I can't recall who's sponsoring it) - "thousand miles per watt."  I am at a little over 0.9 KMPW with the KX3 so far; I heard that someone did a 9,000 mile QSO with 500 mw, for 18KMPW.

Edward ("Ted"), KN1CBR
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[Tony Castellano]

It may seem that I'm bragging, but I can't help letting this thread pass
without a comment in the hopes that I can convice other
hams that they don't need any more that 5 Watts.
First, let me say that QRP and QRPp works. All it takes is a little
determination, patience and of course a good rig like a KX3
or K2. I never call CQ and I never sign /QRP. I even get through pileups,
and let me add that I'm not an exceptional operator.
To date, I have worked 188 QRP CW countries.
Also, I have worked 74 countries with my KX3 running 100 milliWatts (0.1
Watts CW QRPp). My best being New Zealand
from my QTH in New York State for 88,539 miles per Watt
My antenna, by the way is a 135 foot OCF dipole about 40 feet above the
ground.

Tony Castellano W1ZMB
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Hopewell Junction, NY
RV-6
N401TC

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dauer, Edward" <[hidden email]>
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Subject: [Elecraft] re "No. 5607 first contact QRP"

> Same feeling here.  I run a K3/KPA500 at the home QTH (in Colo.) but built
> a KX3 (s/n 5411) to take with me for the few weeks when I am working away
> from home (in NY).  With the simplest low dipole it's a kick to work the
> world with 5 watts - and even more so to sneak through a pile-up.  As a
> new QRPer myself I was attracted by the "KMPW" challenge (though I can't
> recall who's sponsoring it) - "thousand miles per watt."  I am at a little
> over 0.9 KMPW with the KX3 so far; I heard that someone did a 9,000 mile
> QSO with 500 mw, for 18KMPW.
>
> Edward ("Ted"), KN1CBR
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