Hi folks- 3 db in my qrp world is HUGE. On Sep 23, 2010, at 7:15 PM, Wes Stewart wrote:
> 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 > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
