And don't forget the heat sink on the power supply !! Particularly on a
supply that you might be pushing pretty hard to put out 100 watts.
What I do in contests - and only on RTTY - is I turn on my amp. I use the
rig only as an exciter and run it at maybe 20 watts output - loafing.
My Amp has about 10 x gain (linearly measured) so I then get about 200 watts
out. That is loafing for the amp.
200 watts is enough more than 50 watts that I have found it to be a useful
power increase.
73 de Gary, AA2IZ
----- Original Message -----
From: "Walt Amos" <waltk8cv4612amos@att.net>
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 11:12 AM
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni V power limits
>I would think you could run 100 watts in a contest WITH THE TENTEC FAN MOD
> ( $49 USD ) ON THE HEAT SINK! Another option would be a computer fan
> behind
> the rig and one behind the power supply on some kind of rubber pad to keep
> the noise down blowing onto the heat sinks! Ah, the smell of hot
> transformers in the MORNING!
>
> Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <k3miy@csonline.net>
> To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:33 AM
> Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni V power limits
>
>
>> Bob
>>
>> For 100% duty cycle, run no more than 50 watts, unless you have good
>> ventilation.
>>
>> Ron
>> K3MIY
>>
>> Quoting Bob Towers <mm0rkt@gmx.com>:
>>
>>> I run a lot of digital modes and normally keep the power below 50 watts.
>>> Just occasionally - ie in contests - I need a little more power,
>>> especially using RTTY.
>>>
>>> What's the maximum power I could run using RTTY and, say MFSK, which - I
>>> think - is a 100% duty mode?
>>>
>>> 73
>>>
>>> Bob
>>> MM0RKT
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