Well, you know what they say about opinions.
If you're jabbering away with some locals across town they might never know the
difference. But three dB can make a difference, especially on RTTY and in
contests.
Try telling a contester that the Kilobucks he just spent to stack another Yagi
on his tower was a waste of money.
--- On Thu, 9/23/10, Ray Sills <raysi...@comcast.net> wrote:
> The difference in power between 50
> watts and 100 watts is essentially
> insignificant. If you can't work 'em at 50 watts with
> the antenna
> you have... 100 watts ain't gonna make the
> difference. Period. 500
> watts... 1KW.. OK.. maybe that'll help.
>
> Just because the rig can "take it"... the extra power and
> dissipated
> heat is just wasted.
>
> My opinion.
>
> 73 de Ray
> K2ULR
> FN20kg
> Warrington, PA
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