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Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?

To: "crawfish" <crawfish@surfmore.net>
Subject: Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?
From: R.Measures <r@somis.org>
Date: Sun, 1 Jan 2006 16:29:14 -0800
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On Jan 1, 2006, at 2:53 PM, crawfish wrote:

> We don't need no stinkin' state/government agency doing our 
> communicating,
> senor!! I believe that if we were cut back to NMT 500 watts out, that 
> would
> be enough for anything.

Not enough for moonbounce.  Not enough for 160m.  Not enough for 80m 
longpath.  Not enough to frustrate sociopaths.

> I wonder sometimes why the bands are crowded. May be
> because of this type of amp. I agree with the comment about the VE 
> session.
>                                 Joe W4AAB
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>
> To: <Amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 4:06 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?
>
>
>>
>> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>>
>> At 01:21 PM 1/1/2006, Sam W4OAE wrote:
>>> A more realistic take would be to address the real world use for an
>>> amp like this in a ham shack.  Just look to the disaster in the gulf
>>> area this past summer.  If I were the owner, I would be one of the
>>> first in line to offer my help by offering my station as a disaster
>>> communications site.  While being careful to make sure it was used
>>> properly by a US/State government agency,  or coordinated and
>>> closely supervised by one.
>>
>>
>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>
>> There's no need for that amount of power. Katrina's communication
>> requirements were a few hundred miles or maybe a thousand, not
>> halfway 'round the world.
>>
>> 100 watts on 80/40/20 would be adequate and doable from batteries, 
>> too.
>>
>> 73, Bill W6WRT
>>
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org

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