[Elecraft] The 1500 watt amp

[Phil Wheeler]

Re "And spare me the argument that QRM would 
increase (if everyone had amps) ...it wouldn't, 
because the water level would simply rise for 
everyone.": A Global Warming analogy, Dave? :-)

73, Phil W7OX

On 8/1/16 8:27 PM, David Gilbert wrote:
>
> An amp helps tremendously on receive if the guy 
> with the amp is on the other end of the QSO from 
> you.  And if you can't hear him you aren't going 
> to make the contact.
>
> It has been said before many times, and I'm 
> living proof of it ... an amplifier is the most 
> cost effective way to improve the QSO rate for 
> everyone that there is.  If everyone used 
> amplifiers it would be the equivalent of 
> dropping the background QRN level by ten or more 
> db ... a huge amount.  And spare me the argument 
> that QRM would increase (if everyone had amps) 
> ...it wouldn't, because the water level would 
> simply rise for everyone.
>
> Dave  AB7E
>
>
>
>
>>>
>>> On 8/1/16 9:50 AM, Jerry Moore wrote:
>>>> I don't see the point of having a large power 
>>>> amp. It doesn't help receive.
>>>> [...]
>>>>
>>>> Just my view.
>>>> Jer