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Re: [RTTY] Greater than 600 watts for RTTY

To: Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [RTTY] Greater than 600 watts for RTTY
From: Al Hanzl <alhanzl@comcast.net>
Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2017 21:37:40 -0400
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After 75 watt limit with Novice license, 200 watts with the SB-100 was nice.
K2AL

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> On Mar 25, 2017, at 9:14 PM, Neal Campbell <nealk3nc@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 'Back in the day' low power really meant 50w. I can remember when I first got 
> my FT1000d and could run 100w it felt like high power!
> 
> 
> 
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal LLC
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On Sat, Mar 25, 2017 at 8:55 PM, Al Hanzl <alhanzl@comcast.net> wrote:
>> I guess once you go over to the power of the  dark side there is no going 
>> back!
>> I'll stick to low power for now, keep the SB-200 dormant a while longer and 
>> work on improving my antennas.
>> 
>> Al
>> K2AL
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> > On Mar 25, 2017, at 8:32 PM, F.R. Ashley <gdadx2@centurylink.net> wrote:
>> >
>> > roll with 100w from a small lot.......BUT.....I gotta tell you.....skill 
>> > AND a AMP make you deadly!!!!! worked a lot of new ones on 160 and 80 
>> > recently, including all the African dxpeditions.....
>> >> -----Original Messa
>> >
>> > Same here, I was able to work both DX-peds on RTTY using my amp. Due to 
>> > the lousy propagation I doubt I would have worked them without the amp. 
>> > Even so, I did not run the amp full bore, probably around the 600-700 watt 
>> > range. I hardly ever run the amp on any mode, but when I do, I still use 
>> > just enough to make the QSO happen; I'm not going to run legal limit when 
>> > 100 watts will do.
>> >
>> > 73 Buddy WB4M
>> >
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