These days I make most of my contacts via portable QRP, using a 20m OHR 100 at 5 to 10 watts to low, hastily-improvised longwires.

Even my "QRO" ops are exclusively LPCA (Low Power, Crummy Antenna). The above photo, taken in Pacific Beach, Washington, shows me at the controls of my trusty-rusty LPCA station: Tentec 580 Delta, MFJ antenna tuner and artificial ground, Bencher paddles with cab-over MFJ keyer... and that's all! I typically run 50 to 100 watts to a longwire with this rig. Because the technology is simple and the mode maximises range while minimising RFI, I always operate CW. And I have a blast!

73, and thanks for the look-up.

Rob

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