I do not understand the instance of 200 or more watts. Most gear made in the past, and even the majority of rigs made today, run 100 watts. Lets keep it to that, or lower, to avoid pushing everyone into thinking they need an amp for digital modes. It becomes a rat race, with the biggest rat wanting the highest power, and then still leaving off those who have neither the money, nor the QTH where an amp could be use . Level the playing field for these guys and dont encourage them to use more power than necessary to make a QSO.
Danny Douglas N7DC ex WN5QMX ET2US WA5UKR ET3USA SV0WPP VS6DD N7DC/YV5 G5CTB All 2 years or more (except Novice). Short stints at: DA/PA/SU/HZ/7X/DU CR9/7Y/KH7/5A/GW/GM/F Pls QSL direct, buro, or LOTW preferred, I Do not use, but as a courtesy do upload to eQSL for those who do. Moderator DXandTALK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DXandTalk Digital_modes http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digital_modes/?yguid=341090159 ----- Original Message ----- From: Rik van Riel To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Cc: Gary Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 5:17 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Techs on HF digital On 12/15/2009 12:55 PM, Gary wrote: > I thought I'd run something up the flagpole and see if anyone salutes: > I would imagine, the license limitations would have to state something like a maximum of 300 baud and 500 Hz bandwidth with a 200 watt power limit. There may be other limitations that might be nice to toss into the mix but this is a starting point for discussion. IIRC the Tech license pool does not include all the questions about RF safety, nor about use of the ALC, etc... I believe the power limit and frequencies HF use by Tech licensed amateurs should be low. Maybe 10-20W power limit, in a few limited frequency ranges (staying away from the most crowded bands). I could see adding 30m digital privileges to Tech, maybe 80m too, but 20, 40 and 15m already have too many people who don't know their what their ALC readout means :) -- All rights reversed.
