[Elecraft] Considering a KPA-500 - WAY off topic!

[Dr. William J. Schmidt, II]

So if the "desired communications" is to be heard above the pile, or to be just damn loud...


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> On Apr 24, 2015, at 8:40 AM, Sfbonk via Elecraft <elecraft at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
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> Not just the reflector rules. The FCC's:
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> §97.313   Transmitter power standards.
> (a) An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the desired communications.
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> W3OU Steve
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chester Alderman <aldermant at windstream.net>
> To: 'Elecraft Reflector' <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Fri, Apr 24, 2015 9:21 am
> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Considering a KPA-500 - WAY off topic!
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> With apologizes to Wayne and Eric and with full understanding of this
> reflector
> rules, I am disgusted enough with Guy's below post that I HAVE
> to
> respond.
> 
> Even if Guy's below post is 'tongue in cheek' it sure highlights
> Guy's lack
> of thinking by posting it. 
> 
> I have been a CW operator for a
> little over 62 years and I have never run
> QRP simply because I don't want
> to...my prerogative as an amateur. To me, a
> QRP operator ignorantly think it is
> 'cool' to brag about the contacts they
> make, not realizing it is not their
> station capability that is making a QSO
> but rather the person on the other end,
> who has the intelligence and station
> capability to dig the QRP signal out of
> the QRN and ORM that really makes
> the contact. 
> 
> Notwithstanding the above,
> Guy has found the intestinal fortitude to label
> me as a 'hopeless LID at 1500
> watts' just because in MY HOBBY I prefer to
> have my K3 drive my Alpha 9500 to
> its full 1500 watt output into my 16
> element yagi at 80', IF I SO CHOOSE!
> Heaven only knows why Guy would want to
> post something that labels his own
> intelligence! NONE of us has the right to
> categorize others only because their
> participation in our hobby is different
> from their own.  
> 
> 73,
> Tom -
> W4BQF
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> 
> Well,
> there's 27 dB between the ears, so it's capable of making 100 w
> extremely
> pesky, 5 watts actually work, and in the hands of a total LID,
> render 1500
> watts at a fine station useless. Have seen all of the above and
> everything in
> between, the 27 dB is fairly accurate.
> 
> How come accurate? Because a fine QRP
> op actually CAN beat out a hopeless
> LID at 1500 watts with equivalent antennas.
> That's 25 dB. Need to add a
> couple extra dB to 25 because you don't know how
> far down in the hole a
> hopeless LID really is.