On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 18:09:01 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

I never run less than 100 watts, just a nice round number... still with
all the truckers right around a 350 watt standard and 500 watt linears
common, I get stepped on quickly...

John
*****

That can be true. I never stated that with 35 watts that you will not
get stepped on. I used to hear shrimp boats in the bay here a mile
apart and land based stations upo to a kilowatt could not get between
them.

Power is not 100% a guarentee that you will always be heard. I used to
talk to a freind of mine on a dummy load with 50 watts into it.
Everyone thought he was ghost talking and was out of his mind. No one
could get between us. It helped that his antenna was about 350 feet
away.

james