[1000mp] MKV power???

[Mike Schatzberg]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Blake M. Meinecke" <n4gi@tampabay.rr.com>
To: <1000mp@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2002 6:58 PM
Subject: [1000mp] MKV power???


> I saw this posted today on the e-ham, an excerpt from a recent MKV review
> (3/28).....
>
> >>>>I have the radio putting out 300 watts on all bands & it is actually
> capable of nearly 400 watts on most bands (this is why it has a 400 watt
> meter display). I spoke with a friend at Yaesu & he said they are safe at
> higher powers. (I am not endorsing this, just relaying my experience). At
> 300 watts, I rarely use amp & get the same excellent audio reports.<<<<

Well.....I don't think you will appreciate the signal quality very well in
terms of IMD, and adjacent channel interference....I think one of the
strengths of the Mark V is that it is operating generally well below the
maximum possible output, and the signal purity is quite excellent,
especially if you are driving an amplifier requiring only 100 to 130 watts
of drive, in SSB AB2.....

You may sound very nice to the station on frequency at the 300 plus watt
level, but I don't know how those stations nearby your operating frequency
will react to possible splatter...

Happy DXing and 73,

Mike Schatzberg
WB2AJI