JA power levels in the ARRL CW contest

[arrlhq!rhealy@uhasun.hartford.edu (Rus Healy NJ2L)]

Several people have questioned the >50 W JAs on 10 meters in
the ARRL CW contest last weekend. As I understand it, the old
50-W limit on 10 meters was recently upped (to at least 100 W)
by the JA equivalent of the FCC. In fact, Japan's biggest ham
radio magazine, CQ Ham Radio, has been running articles on how
to modify dozens of popular HF rigs so that the put out full
power on 10 meters. (Those originally intended for the JA market
were set up for 50 W output on 10 meters.)

--Rus, NJ2L