[Boatanchors] Good advice!

[Jim Wilhite]

And as for evidence, the group in the East Texas, Oklahoma, 
Arkansas, and Louisiana area who operate on 1.995.  I don't think 
any of them use less than 1KW PEP SSB.  And some of them sound like 
computer generated voices with the audio they transmit.

They could communicate with a bit less power, especially in winter 
time, but they don't.  Just the nature of the beast.  Amplifiers are 
cheaper than good antennas.

Jim/W5JO


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Glen Zook"

> One thing to consider is that on the lower frequencies it is often 
> necessary to use high power to be able to communicate over 
> relative short distances even though much lower power works for 
> stations farther out.
>
> High power is often necessary to communicate over distances using 
> 75 meters or 40 meters than can be covered using 25 watts or less 
> on the 2-meter or 70 cm bands.  Unfortunately, there are quite a 
> few amateur radio operators who use the lower HF frequencies that 
> do not have 2-meter or 70 cm equipment.  Also, a large number of 
> those "round tables" involve stations located over a number of 
> states and the signal levels can vary considerably depending on 
> how far apart those stations are located.
>
> Now I do not usually participate in these "round table" 
> operations.  But, I also hear quite often complaints from stations 
> that do not understand the varying propagation characteristics of 
> the lower bands.  That is those persons do not understand that 
> higher power is often required to cover short distances whereas 
> much lower power does the job on distant stations.
>
> Glen, K9STH
>