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Whats your farthest contact.....
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The Dude said:
Ham radio or broadcast?
I worked 72 countries in the ARRL DX Contest in mid-February while running 5 watts of power. I've worked Europe from the car while running 2 watts to a mobile antenna.
Others have done far better.
On FM broadcast I've logged an 80-watt translator from Colorado via E-skip. Twice. (I'm near Nashville) Again, others have done better.
OK...
On 20m, I worked Reunion Island at 5 W, PSK31. That's almost exactly half-way around the world (so, going further really isn't possible, short-path, anyway). Also, off the top of my head, I have worked places like Mozambique, Mauritius (near Reunion), etc., at 5W on voice. I have used lower power levels to various locations. Dipoles.
On 10m, I have worked so much QRP (mostly SSB), it's tough to recall it all. I know I have worked Paraguay at 100 mW (1/10 of a watt). Dude tells me I was an honest S9. I have also worked Europe a few times at that power level. Alaska and Hawaii, too. I am sure there are other locations. I know I have worked Australia at one watt fairly easily. At 5 W? Just about everywhere else. 5 W is really a lot of power on 10m. By the way, all of this was done on indoor dipoles.
On 6m, I have worked several countries in the Western Hemisphere, though nothing across the pond QRP. I work a LOT of 5 W QRP on 6m during really big openings, so I can monitor 2m at the same time, and not overload the receiver. 5 W is a lot on 6, and double-hop isn't that hard. I have played QRPp during big Es openings, working as low as 100 mW voice across the USA single hop (don't think I have ever worked a double at 100 mW). Fun.
I have even played QRP on 2m. Most interesting? Tropo to South Texas (nearly 700 miles) at 5 W. It was a rockin' opening. S8, I was told.
I do, BTW, have WAS/QRP as well as QRP/DXCC. QRP is just fun.
DE
On 20m, I worked Reunion Island at 5 W, PSK31. That's almost exactly half-way around the world (so, going further really isn't possible, short-path, anyway). Also, off the top of my head, I have worked places like Mozambique, Mauritius (near Reunion), etc., at 5W on voice. I have used lower power levels to various locations. Dipoles.
On 10m, I have worked so much QRP (mostly SSB), it's tough to recall it all. I know I have worked Paraguay at 100 mW (1/10 of a watt). Dude tells me I was an honest S9. I have also worked Europe a few times at that power level. Alaska and Hawaii, too. I am sure there are other locations. I know I have worked Australia at one watt fairly easily. At 5 W? Just about everywhere else. 5 W is really a lot of power on 10m. By the way, all of this was done on indoor dipoles.
On 6m, I have worked several countries in the Western Hemisphere, though nothing across the pond QRP. I work a LOT of 5 W QRP on 6m during really big openings, so I can monitor 2m at the same time, and not overload the receiver. 5 W is a lot on 6, and double-hop isn't that hard. I have played QRPp during big Es openings, working as low as 100 mW voice across the USA single hop (don't think I have ever worked a double at 100 mW). Fun.
I have even played QRP on 2m. Most interesting? Tropo to South Texas (nearly 700 miles) at 5 W. It was a rockin' opening. S8, I was told.
I do, BTW, have WAS/QRP as well as QRP/DXCC. QRP is just fun.
DE
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Back when the interference was lower, I received station F-U-X, the French Navy station on Reunion Island. Needless to say, it is one of my most prized QSL cards 
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.I stayed out of amateur and professional radio, but my pirate station on 7.415 mhz in 1991 had reception reports from
Phoenix, Portland OR, Montreal, and Virginia. This was with 95 watts out of a pair of 6L6's with the plates run dull orange.
I once was in Nashville, and had a friend go over to my apt, fire up the transmitter (very 1920's and frankenstein-looking)
while I listened on a 20 dollar cheapie SW radio I picked up in Europe a long time ago. I was stunned at how much signal
I got in Nashville at 500 miles. Lit up the carrier LED very strongly, using only the 2 foot telescoping rod.
Another time at a friend's house in Nashville, we tuned it in on his Collins 390A with a REAL antenna.
That was just as amazing. Not exactly QRPeanuts, but not superpower for 40m, either.
Currently, my 100mw on AM 1620 goes a whole 3-4 city blocks in some directions, but only 1 or 2 blocks to the west.
Phoenix, Portland OR, Montreal, and Virginia. This was with 95 watts out of a pair of 6L6's with the plates run dull orange.
I once was in Nashville, and had a friend go over to my apt, fire up the transmitter (very 1920's and frankenstein-looking)
while I listened on a 20 dollar cheapie SW radio I picked up in Europe a long time ago. I was stunned at how much signal
I got in Nashville at 500 miles. Lit up the carrier LED very strongly, using only the 2 foot telescoping rod.
Another time at a friend's house in Nashville, we tuned it in on his Collins 390A with a REAL antenna.
That was just as amazing. Not exactly QRPeanuts, but not superpower for 40m, either.
Currently, my 100mw on AM 1620 goes a whole 3-4 city blocks in some directions, but only 1 or 2 blocks to the west.
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Aljr
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Al Fansome,is that you?
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