[TxAg1981]

QRP will only really reach out down below 40m.
Not so. I use my QRP rig and often use 20m, 17m, and 15m. My farthest contact is 5,300 miles to south Brazil. That is using phone, not CW.
I love QRP but if I really needed to make contact (like emergency situations), I would use PSK mode at 30 watts or, phone at 100 watts.

[JRandomFreeper]

My best contact ever was last breakout back in the 90s. I spoke from Texas to Northern California on FM on the 6 meter band on a handi-talkie. Direct with no repeaters involved.

I was making a joke with a friend who was with me, and some guy from northern CA actually talked to me. LOL!

Surprised us both.

/johnny

[Hawthorn]

>> down below 40m <<

If you are an old-timer you’ll remember that back in the day, 20m was considered “down” from 40m, and 15m was “down” from 20m.

On the other hand, 14 MHz is definitely “up” from 7 MHz, just as 21 MHz is “up” from 14 MHz.

Confusing? You bet!