https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/67840571-23ec-479c-80ae-04feb07d7afd Testing the Wadetenna on 7 MHz SSB. Only 500 milliwatts was used instead of the usual 5 watts. Contacts up to about 500km, mostly to portable stations, were made. As expected they were not as easy as with 5 watts. Later on power was increased to 5w to call into the VK2WI broadcast from Sydney over 700km away. Despite the quite low signal contact was made, possibly due to the good low angle characteristics of the antenna. PS: If you liked this video please consider supporting Amateur Radio VK3YE by: Subscribing on YouTube,, Checking my books page at https://books.vk3ye.com, Shopping on Amazon via: https://amzn.to/3iiDQXv, or, Shopping on eBay via: https://ebay.us/i9DuWP (then if you buy something I'll get a small commission at no cost to you) Sat, 09 May 2026 05:03:56 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/67840571-23ec-479c-80ae-04feb07d7afd All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.