For a very long time, I ran a little Trio TR-9000 barefoot on 2 sideband. 10 watts to an 8 ele beam. That WAS a lot of fun when there was a lift on and it was great to listen to the way a DX station was working his contacts, and then to dive in at exactly the right moment with " Tango Charlie QRP station ! " Very satisfying to beat all the kilowatt I-ties. Furthest station I ever worked on this set up was down on one of the Spanish islands via Es. I used to keep one radio monitoring 2 sideband calling, and one on 2 FM calling, all day whilst I was working, but alas, my tolerance threshold has dropped with age ( becoming a grumpy old man, I think Dave ) and I can't be doing with the constant band hiss from the sidebander any more.
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