[Elecraft] KPA1500 and FT8

[Carl Jón Denbow]

I feel all kinds of guilty if I pump it up to 110 watts on FT8 (or a JT mode) to bag a difficult station.  A gallon and a half is down right sinful. ;-)

73,

Carl
N8VZ

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> On Mar 3, 2018, at 2:50 PM, Dennis Moore <dennis at mail4life.net> wrote:
> 
> No, 1500 watts on FT8 is not normal.
> 
> 73, Dennis NJ6G
> 
> 
>> On 3/3/2018 06:40, Carl Yaffey wrote:
>> Tried full power on 20M FT8 this morning in order to work weak Russian. Temp gets as high as 75C. Loud fan kicks in. Hope this is normal.
>> 
>> Carl Yaffey  K8NU
> 
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