I had always heard that ten-foot was considered the minimum size dish for 1.2-10GHz and 100w considered minimum for CW. But since ability to produce power diminished with frequency, 25-50w was OK on 5760 or 10368. I guess that is changing of late. When we moved into our current home in 2006, I debated whether to move only the 8-foot dish and leave behind the 16-foot (in parts in the barn). I decided to move both and as it turns out the 8-foot will not be put into service. It is for sale, pick-up in Alaska. One thing I have learned running QRP on 2m & 70cm is that having an antenna large enough to hear small stations is maybe more important. Many 1-2 yagi stations on 2m run QRO but cannot hear other small stations due to antenna size. I have run my 4-yagi nearly from the beginning on 2m-eme and that HAS made the difference making a QSO. Though I would not chose to go back to running 150w on 2m I could hold my own with 1-2 yagi stations running 600w+. This is using JT-65, of course. 4-yagi + 600w is still the CW minimum for 2m. So I am glad I went with the 4.9m (16-foot) dish, though I cannot claim to be QRV 1296, yet. Having 4.5 dB more gain comes in handy when copying small stations. It will make my 60w louder, too. 73, Ed - KL7UW At 07:43 PM 6/29/2011, Barry VE4MA wrote: 73, Ed - KL7UW, WD2XSH/45 ====================================== BP40IQ 500 KHz - 10-GHz www.kl7uw.com EME: 50-1.1kw?, 144-1.4kw, 432-100w, 1296-60w, 3400-? DUBUS Magazine USA Rep dubususa(a)gmail.com ======================================