[ICOM] PW1 on 17M

[Adam Farson]

Hi Leanne,

The convention regarding contesting and nets on 17m and 12m still holds.
Never heard of any transmitter power restriction on those bands, although
there is a 200W PEP output limit on 30m in the US.

Cheers for now, 73,
Adam VA7OJ/AB4OJ
  

-----Original Message-----
From: icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:icom-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On
Behalf Of Leanne
Sent: 02 March 2006 16:55
To: ICOM Reflector
Subject: Re: [ICOM] PW1 on 17M


> The antenna was the first thing I checked, Julio... the SWR the PW1 
> sees
is
> <1.5:1  @ 18.140...

How does  this compare to the swr of the other bands without tuning? I think
that Icom tuners will not tune if the swr is low. Not knowing anything of
the PW1, I would think that would hold true here. I would go to the book and
read over the section on tuning. The other thing that I was thinking is that
when we were first allowed on 17 and 12 meters that there was a gentleman's
agreement that there would be no amplifiers of contesting on those bands. I
guess that is all gone by the wayside now.

Leanne - W1WXS




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