Currently, I am running a multiband endfed antenna located in my attic using only 10 watts.
Wait a minute!
Compromise antennas don’t perform as well as full-sized models.
Antennas at lower heights don’t perform as well as those mounted higher.
Indoor antennas don’t perform as well as outdoor ones.
100 watts are better than 10 for making contacts.
Won’t argue with any of that.
I just enjoy trying offbeat antennas. For CB, I’ve made ground planes, horizontal dipoles and inverted V dipoles using 4’ Firestiks; and on the ham HF bands I’ve used a Buddistick and an Alexloop. Am looking into a Tak-tenna and currently putting together a 20-meter ground mounted vertical using a MFJ-1620T and four wire radials. Before you wince and/or poke fun, remember--that's what I'm havin'. Fun.
I have an Icom 7200 but enjoy operating QRP (10 watts or less). Do my contacts have to work harder? In most cases, they do. Thankfully, a great many operators enjoy the challenge and the effort required to work QRP stations.
The hobbies of Ham and CB radio are not singular one-way streets. In each you'll find a main roadway accompanied by side streets, backstreets, intersections, turnabouts, road closures and alleys. I prefer the backstreets and alleys.
"Life is too short for QRP."
Heck, "Life is too short, period."
Peace.
Jim
Wait a minute!
Compromise antennas don’t perform as well as full-sized models.
Antennas at lower heights don’t perform as well as those mounted higher.
Indoor antennas don’t perform as well as outdoor ones.
100 watts are better than 10 for making contacts.
Won’t argue with any of that.
I just enjoy trying offbeat antennas. For CB, I’ve made ground planes, horizontal dipoles and inverted V dipoles using 4’ Firestiks; and on the ham HF bands I’ve used a Buddistick and an Alexloop. Am looking into a Tak-tenna and currently putting together a 20-meter ground mounted vertical using a MFJ-1620T and four wire radials. Before you wince and/or poke fun, remember--that's what I'm havin'. Fun.
I have an Icom 7200 but enjoy operating QRP (10 watts or less). Do my contacts have to work harder? In most cases, they do. Thankfully, a great many operators enjoy the challenge and the effort required to work QRP stations.
The hobbies of Ham and CB radio are not singular one-way streets. In each you'll find a main roadway accompanied by side streets, backstreets, intersections, turnabouts, road closures and alleys. I prefer the backstreets and alleys.
"Life is too short for QRP."
Heck, "Life is too short, period."
Peace.
Jim
