Hi Guys, As a novice I had a Kenwood TS520. I could turn the gain control down to less than 1 watt. A friend of mine was about a quarter mile away and he did the same thing. We were in north central Florida and it wasn't anything unusual for someone in Ohio to break in and want to join us. I don't think we ever admitted to the small amount of power we were running. Walt WA4QXT New London CT [log in to unmask]