[Elecraft] Endless Amplifier Posts

[F5vjc]

Bravo ! Best read in this thread.

73, F5VJC

On 2 August 2016 at 20:27, Morgan Bailey <mbaileycrna at gmail.com> wrote:

> Back to the endless amp forum posts.
>
> *The Plain Truth*
>
> Better antennas = better communication.
> Transmit antennas are not always be best antennas for reception.
> Propagation determines communications.
>
> Power has little to do with propagation when it is in your favor.
>
> If you cant hear them you cant work them. And even then, if you can hear
> them many times, propagation is not 2 way.
>
> Having a 1500 watt signal on the air has nothing to do with being able to
> hear who is hearing you. Otherwise, your just QRM. Alligator syndrome.
>
> RFI from 1500 watts, Near Field interference, Electrical energy cost are
> all added problems of excessive power.
>
> Water soaked Coax with poor antenna installation with negative 12 db
> loss takes 1500 watts to 100 watts on a 100 ft run, using, 100 watts going
> down to 1/2 watt, you can still talk because: QRP works!
>
> A 1500 watt amplifier is not going to make you a better operator.
> Many amps today that are being produced over seas have tetrode finals that
> will put out 2500 watts easily, check your coax at the frequency that you
> want to run and you may be in for a surprise. If you swr is greater than
> near unity, you may have problems with the reflected power melting down the
> foam by heat and creating more loss. With an amp you have to have resonant
> antennas, you don't want RF in the shack. And at that power level antenna
> tuners become a very effective Ozone generator, keeps you shack smelling
> nice and fresh but it does not do much for your finals and spark gap was
> outlawed quite some time back.
>
> I have a 1.2 kw amp and run it at 450 to 500 watts, why, because it puts me
> in a contest class that I can be competitive in because I don't have 6
> towers with stacked beams. Hell I don't even have a beam, just a good
> vertical and made 1500 QSO in CQWW WPX, from the middle of the USA, Kansas.
> I do have a NCC1 Dxengineering 2 antenna receiving array that I put up for
> contests only. But, on the other hand, I run CW and CW gets through 599
> with 100 watts where the same would take 15000 watts on SSB for the same
> arm chair communication.
>
> The cheapest way to communicate with less power is painful for some, but
> the truth is always painful when you take the easy way out.
>
> Drum Roll,
>
> Learn CW
>
> My 2 cents, and add that to 3$ and you might be able to get a good cup of
> coffee or a good sized can or Monster III.
>
> Vy 73,
>
> Morgan NJ8M
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