On Jan 1, 2006, at 6:00 PM, crawfish wrote:
> Have done the first three with 500 or less, the last one, I wait on
> them to
> drink themselves to death or work on their amps while inebriated.
> Cleans the
> gene pool that way. If the guy runs it legal, no problem, I just don't
> see
> the reason to run more than is needed. My last post on the subject. I
> do
> plan on running 1500 watts PEP out on AM, but not during peak hours of
> ham
> activity.
** Joe --- If you run 1500w-pep on AM under band conditions where 500w
would be enough to be heard by the other operator, you are running
illegal power.
"Can't we all just get along."
-- Rodney King
cheers
> Happy New Year,y'all.
> 73 de Joe W4AAB
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "R.Measures" <r@somis.org>
> To: "crawfish" <crawfish@surfmore.net>
> Cc: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242@ispwest.com>; <Amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Sunday, January 01, 2006 6:29 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] How about this furnace?
>
>
>>
>> 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
>>
>>
>
>
>
>
Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734. www.somis.org
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