I am gloating tonight about my latest contact, 6200 miles to Russia with the Weber MTR. Low on batteries (9.9V, eight AA cells), maybe 3.5W into my PAR end-fed. Not bad for a radio the size of a pack of cigarettes! Usually when I hit Eastern Europe, it ends up being around 5000/5200 miles.. This time I went a bit further. I heard him very strong in the lower CW section of 40m. He barely heard me but contact was made.
Gil.
Gil.