I would halve the power, tell the users that you have doubled the power and watch the glowing reports of greatly improved performance roll in. :-)
That was the results I got 15 years ago when I tried the experiment. Burt VE2BMQ Tony L. wrote: > I've asked this question before, but will ask it again just to see if > there are any new twists that I'm unaware of: > > Our UHF repeater is currently equipped with a 50 watt PA. We have an > opportunity to install a 100 watt PA at moderate cost. Our site is > excellent and we are already using good radios, quality hardline, > excellent filtering, and a commercial grade antenna. > > Will the difference between 50 & 100 watts be worth a moderate > expenditure? > > What would you do? > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > >
