--- Rick Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Something to consider is that if many radio amateurs > are using low power or > medium power and you chose to use much higher power, > while it may be > possible for them to print you, you will likely not > be able to print them > and the QSO will not be able to continue if signals > are that marginal.
A very old adage from Jeeves: "You´ve gotta hear´em to work´em". Undeniable truth. It is certainly better to spend on antennas than on amplifiers, it gives better results and generally less RFI. > I can see one possible use of an amplifier and that > is when a ham has a very > poor transmitting antenna system due to perhaps > local restrictions. > They can > copy other stations OK but they have a difficult > time being heard. It generates a poor transmission...and reception, too. I forgot to mention a gadget from MFJ I saw some time ago: a series tuned ground for apartment dwellers. Having the chasis of your radio hot with RF surely is a call for trouble. Get one or make a copy, but the metal case of your radio better be at zero RF potential. > Human nature would suggest that if it is found by > many, that they can get > much better results by running higher power (but > clean)signals, then things > will gravitate in that direction. Like most things > in amateur radio, it is > whatever interests the operator and what they find > useful and fun to do. I personally find broad signals the worse between those two evils. 73 de Jose, CO2JA __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com The K3UK DIGITAL MODES SPOTTING CLUSTER AT telnet://208.15.25.196/ More info at http:///www.obriensweb.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
