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Title: QRP KB2RSK Post by: KB2RSK on April 30, 2012, 07:21:09 AM I had fun running QRP 5 watts from a Yaseau 857D I was impressed as to the low noise level and the listening of weak stations that I would normally of missed from inside the shack with all the QRM running from appliances and neigborhood hardware. AMfone - Dedicated to Amplitude Modulation on the Amateur Radio Bands
The roof rack antenna is just a 17 to 20 foot extension aliuminum pole used for snow removal from roofs which I stood upright against a tree and ran 50 foot of coax cable to ( using the shield as the ground with about 40 foot of # 14 insulated wire laying on the ground. I was getting any wheres from a 1 to 3 to 1 to 2 swr across the 17 meter Band. The battery was a sealed 12 volt at 7 amps. I was able to receive and transmitt with this for about 8 hours running 5 watts of RF. It certainly was fun to operate QRP 73's From Jim KB2RSK |