[Kenwood] TS-950SDX

Fri, 25 Apr 2003 07:01:18 -0400

Yea... you are correct... "Some people drive amplifiers that require more
than 100W drive power" and it is the lids that run far in excess of the
legal limit!

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "C Thomas" <[email protected]>
To: "Paul McInnish/Home" <[email protected]>; <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul McInnish/Home" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX

> Also... when one increases the power of the 950, the firmware has got to
be
> modified to cause the blowers to kick on at a different time and
> temperature.  Those that have not done this and still turned up the power,
> wound up replacing several hundred dollars worth of PA stage!
>
> Also, the 1+ dB of signal strength increase is far less than ONE "S" unit
on
> the receive signal strength meter!

Some people drive amplifiers that require more than 100W drive power.

WA1WLA Constantine
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "NR1DX" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2003 8:08 PM
> Subject: Re: [Kenwood] TS-950SDX
>
>
> IN general more power = more heat  ..... more heat usually means shorter
> life..how much shorter?.... hard to quantify.
>
> More to the point why would you bother for a maximum increase in signal of
> 1.25db at 200 watts?
>
> Dave
>
> "Can you hear me now? ....good"
>
>
>
>
>
> At 07:02 PM 4/24/2003 -0400, you wrote:
> >Has anyone bothered to increase the power output on a 950SDX and if so,
> >what is the adjustment and are there any adverse affects by turning up
the
> >power output to say 175-200 watts?
> >
> >K4SX
> >
> >Ron Lowrance
> >Cumming, GA
> >
> >http://www.k4sx.com
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