QRP HF SSB QSO with KB0USA - VT to KS

Nice armchair copy of Steve, KB0USA while running 5 watts into 20 meter dipole near Bennington, VT. Rig is a Yaesu FT-817ND, battery is a 9 AH SLA (heavy sucker), feedline is generic RG-8X, antenna wire is THNN 14 GA Copper Stranded. Note the Passband notch function to help eliminate tuning heterodynes. The FT-817 is a very capable rig, only mod is the W4RT “OBP“ Speech Compressor.