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At 08:55 PM 1/22/2006, Tyler Stewart wrote:
>I run the original MP's at 100 watts RTTY quite often. Keep in mind that
>your duty cycle on RTTY is pretty close to 50 percent anyway as you spend
>some significant amounts of time in RX mode, especially if you are SO2R.
>I've never had a problem.
>
>Ty K3MM
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Confirms what I thought.
It seems the highest duty cycle is doing a long string of RTTY CQs
with no answer. Anything else is noticeably less. Like I say, it runs
barely warm even under that condition.
Nice!
73, Bill W6WRT
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