[RTTY] RTTY power levels

[WI8W <wi8w@wi8w.org>]

In my station, for RTTY contesting (and for eveything else) I run a 
Yaesu FT-920.

I checked the manual under Data operations and there is nothing in 
there that says to limit the output power for 100% duty cycle modes.

In all the RTTY contests I have run in the past year abnd a half I 
have always run the max this radio can put out which is about 95 watts 
on RTTY.  I can hear the fan running most of the time but I do not 
experience any excessive heating at all.

I did notice when I had the covers off to install my INRAD filter 
boards and filters that this radio is almost half heat sink.  There is 
quite a bit of metal connected to those final transistors.

I will finally add that most of my RTTY contesting is 90% CQing and 
the rest S&P.

73

Thom WI8W




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