Re: [Drakelist] 60 meter 50 watt equivalent from a dipole

2011-04-03 Thread tuxman
On Sun, 2011-04-03 at 11:10 -0500, Jim Shorney wrote: > http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tweak > > "3. to make a minor adjustment to: to tweak a computer program. > –noun > 4. an act or instance of tweaking; a sharp, twisting pull or jerk." very good all I stand corrected. Seems that al

Re: [Drakelist] 60 meter 50 watt equivalent from a dipole

2011-04-03 Thread Jim Shorney
On Sat, 02 Apr 2011 20:58:44 -0400, roncasa wrote: >I always understood "tweaking" to mean maximize or peak; >Did you mean "detune" or something to that effect? http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tweak "3. to make a minor adjustment to: to tweak a computer program. –noun 4. an act or instanc

Re: [Drakelist] 60 meter 50 watt equivalent from a dipole

2011-04-02 Thread roncasa
- Original Message - From: "Kris Merschrod" To: "'Drake List'" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:36 PM Subject: [Drakelist] 60 meter 50 watt equivalent from a dipole Basically the FCC (I do not have the quote handy) said that the limit would be the equ

[Drakelist] 60 meter 50 watt equivalent from a dipole

2011-04-02 Thread Kris Merschrod
Basically the FCC (I do not have the quote handy) said that the limit would be the equivalent of 50 watts applied to a dipole. So, in practice, some have tweaked their power into the transmission line taking into consideration the loss of the transmission going to the dipole. Some have also t