[Elecraft] FD Battery rules (was QRP Power Level?)

[N2EY at aol.com]

In a message dated 7/7/06 3:16:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, cbw at io.com 
writes:
> 
> While the Battery subclass is limited to 5W, the Alternative Power Bonus
> is not.  We were running 100W on Battery for one of our stations using
> Solar Panels as the power source.
> 
> I also agree that the Battery subclass should allow more power.  There
> would still be the QRP power multiplier to account for the power level. 
> My club might be willing to go to all battery, but would not be willing to
> give up 13db.
> 

I think there are a couple different issues here.

First off, the power levels aren't equally spaced. 5 W to 150 W is almost 15 
dB, but 150 W to 1500 W is only 10 dB. 

Second, a multitransmitter setup has to use the power of the highest-power 
station in the setup. IOW, if it's not all QRP, it's not QRP at all. It didn't 
used to be that way - until 1971, a multitransmitter setup could have multiple 
power categories and multipliers. I think we should go back to the way it was 
before 1971.

73 de Jim, N2EY