QRP with lousy band conditions? Let's give it a shot! 

I've had a Penntek TR-35 on loan from Brian Swann for a while now. I've been trying to get out to do an activation with it for quite a while, but the weather has been absolutely abysmal here in New York. I finally got a weekend that it DIDN'T rain cats and dogs, but it was brutally cold for late April, and the solar conditions were.....in a word....hideous. I knew running QRP was going to be a challenge, and boy was I ever right. After fighting the bands for a while I brought out the big guns and finished the activation (even squeezed in a little SSB). I'm not sold on the TR-35. It's not a bad radio, but there are too many things about it I'm not a fan of. I want to give this radio a fair shot, so I'll use it again when the bands are better before I pass judgment. Thanks everyone for watching and 73!
Evan
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