Hello Group, I'm finally building my first serious contest station after hamming for over 30 years. My wife and I moved out to the country last August to a lot with no restrictions. My first tower is
I asked this same question about two years a go to my local contest club and also this reflector... I say that because I went through the same thought process. Tune up time, budget, tracking, reliabi
This is a really good question. Hopefully you will get a stream of opinions for consideration. Here's my thoughts. "Does the extra 1000 watts made a difference?" Yes. With everything else equal, an e
I have a K3 and the KPA-500. It's a very nice little amp but at 500 watts I was getting pushed around all over the place. With my THP HL-1.5KFX, I run 800 watts and that makes a definite difference.
Go for the 1500W amp. If you haven't seen it, watch the recent webinar by N6BV at the PVRC site. Dean addresses how 1 or 2 db can make a big difference. Barry W2UP ___________________________________
http://www.ab7e.com/weak_signal/mdd.html Thanks to Dave AB7E for the most easy-to-understand report on this interesting topic. 73, Jukka OH6LI _______________________________________________ CQ-Conte
Or you can judge for yourself at http://www.ab7e.com/weak_signal/mdd.html 73, Dave AB7E Go for the 1500W amp. If you haven't seen it, watch the recent webinar by N6BV at the PVRC site. Dean addresses
N5ZC: compared to the ability to make quick band changes using a solid state amp? I agree with the comments you've already gotten but here's another point to consider. Maintaining a run frequency mea
Dave, Thanks for the great examples of how things really work!! None of the silly nonsense that 1 dB = 100 QSO's or other junk science. The result of this, is anyone will see, is a little bit of gain