Today, I am on 10m FT8 with 10mW to see how it goes. The gear was turned on about 0945z.
UPDATE 1020z: No TX spots. It is interesting that I am receiving stations from all over the planet. This implies they could run 15dB less power and still be copied if the attenuator was not there. I guess at 10mW I am more likely to be crushed by a stronger station or be below their noise floor.
UPDATE 1125z: Spots by YL3NF (1567km) and IZ0EWJ (1546km) . Even 10mW FT8 works! I think 5W is far easier, but I shall leave it at 10mW all day.
UPDATE 1420z: Spotted by 7 stations when I was running 10mW FT8 today.
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