Seventy years ago this month, the December 1955 issue of QST carried this item from Charles Atwater, W2JN, detailing his experience with what we would call today QRPP operation.  He put together a transistorized 80 meter transmitter employing a 2N113 transistor.  His first contact spanned 266 miles with 30 milliwatts, and was copied over 400 […]