Under those conditions, Paul, I would be inclined to find and repair the
problem causing only 80 watts output from the 100-watt-rated transmitter.
Just turning up the internal "hi power" adjustment might correct the
problem, if it had been turned down at some point, but it might also just
cover up an underlying problem.
72/73, George W5YR - the Yellow Rose of Texas QRP-L 1373 NETXQRP 6
Fairview, TX 30 mi NE of Dallas in Collin county EM13qe
Amateur Radio W5YR, in the 55th year and it just keeps getting better!
Icom IC-756PRO #02121 Kachina #91900556 IC-765 #02437
Paul Christensen wrote:
>
> > 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.
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