So, hows does an armchair operator (one who doesn't have $10K worth of
test equipment) determine the efficiency of the antenna?

Scott
N0EDV

Dave wrote:

YES! You are reading the rules correctly.

There are many 60 meter mobiles running 300 to 400 watts into a 10%
efficient antenna relative to a 1/2 wavelength dipole.

Get on 60, It;s is a great band.

Cecil Moore wrote:

60m operation is limited to 50w pep relative to a
1/2WL dipole. Since a typical 60m mobile antenna
would be much less than 50% efficient, seems it
would it be OK to run an IC-706 at its normal 100
watt output level. Am I reading the rules right?