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transmitter.
While these figures also can be used to show how nice it is to have a power
amplifier and beam antenna, they indeed serve to show that reasonable signal
levels indeed are achievable with low power and a dipole antenna.
"QRP" enthusiasts have their own rituals, jargon, strategies, QRP operating
contests, magazine columns and books, and convention get-togethers. They
constitute a vital segment of the amateur radio community, because they
consistently demonstrate the feasibility of low-power communication. In fact,
the most avid QRP enthusiasts would not regard communication with a
Ramsey transmitter especially challenging, since they prefer the new world of
milliwatt operation, known as "QRPp"! And, yes, the ones who have conquered
the "milliwatt" world ARE setting records with "milliwatt" tests. With the world
record set in 1970 between Alaska and Oregon on ONE microwatt, think about
it this way: your Ramsey QRP transmitter is almost one million times more
powerful than the transmitter used in that historic test!
WHO SHOULD USE A "QRP" TRANSMITTER?
There is a philosophy that "Novices" should not get started with a very low
power transmitter. The reasoning is that most newly-licensed amateurs need to
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