Watts — Transmit power.
Worth less than people assume. Doubling power is barely noticeable at the other end; raising your antenna or improving it changes everything.
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Related words
- Sporadic E — Sudden short-lived openings.
- CW — Continuous Wave. Morse code.
- APRS — Automatic Packet Reporting System.
- Frequency — How fast a radio wave oscillates.
- Simplex vs duplex — One frequency versus two.
- SSB — Single Sideband. HF voice.
- Wavelength — The physical length of one radio wave.
- FT8 — A weak-signal digital mode.