P.S. QRP is not very well suitable for HEO work. You know you can change your call letter anytime you wants here. But you can choose otherwise and remain on LEO or cubes, for me i prefer HEO with enough ERP could be VE9ERP will be a good choice too. (JOKE) only a letter to change but this one makes our hobby sharp.
I've worked AO-40 near apogee QRP using a phased pair of homebrew quagis. You just need to work out your power budget and see how much antenna you need to get enough ERP.
I also routinely work the FM birds at 1W. (And for passes west of the Great Plains, 140mW if there's not too much terrestrial QRM and i've got a good horizon.) I'll run up to 5W while roaming, as i often don't get a second chance. -- KD6PAG (Networking Old-Timer, Satellite QRPer)
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