[Elecraft] FSK power

[Wes Stewart]

Well, you know what they say about opinions.

If you're jabbering away with some locals across town they might never know the difference. But three dB can make a difference, especially on RTTY and in contests.

Try telling a contester that the Kilobucks he just spent to stack another Yagi on his tower was a waste of money.

--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Ray Sills <raysills at comcast.net> wrote:


> The difference in power between 50
> watts and 100 watts is essentially  
> insignificant.  If you can't work 'em at 50 watts with
> the antenna  
> you have... 100 watts ain't gonna make the
> difference.  Period.   500  
> watts... 1KW.. OK.. maybe that'll help.
> 
> Just because the rig can "take it"... the extra power and
> dissipated  
> heat is just wasted.
> 
> My opinion.
> 
> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
> FN20kg
> Warrington, PA