> Bottom line: turning a pot to get 10-20 watts more out of any 100 watt rig
> will produce little if any effect on the S-meter at the other end, but the
> increased distortion will be quickly noticed!
Unless the 100-watt-rated radio is only producing 80-watts and the intent is
to utilize the region between 80-watts and 100-watts in order to drive an
external linear amp whose input requires something on the order of 100-watts
drive in order to achieve the maximum-rated output power of the amp.
-Paul, W9AC
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