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Re: [Amps] The option of power

To: <amps@contesting.com>, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net>
Subject: Re: [Amps] The option of power
From: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>
Reply-to: Catherine James <catherine.james@att.net>
Date: Sat, 11 Feb 2017 22:21:14 +0000 (UTC)
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Sad but true.  It's a heck of a lot more relaxing to talk to someone running at 
least 500 watts on the other end.
The  bands have also been going long very early in the evening this winter, and 
QSB has been a challenge
even with a kilowatt and a beam.

No matter how good your antenna system, at some point you will have maxed out 
what you can do at your
QTH.  For some, that will be a wire up 35 feet.  For others, it will be a 
couple of towers with stacked beams.
Most of us fall somewhere in the middle.

Once you reach that point, more power is your best bet for station improvement. 
 And a kilowatt amp can
be a heck of a lot less expensive than a serious 50 ft tower with full-size 
tribander and rotor.

73,
Cathy
N5WVR

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On Sat, 2/11/17, Jim Thomson <jim.thom@telus.net> wrote:

 ##  Once u are maxed out for ants.....esp on postage sized city lots, you have 
no options left, except to crank
 up the [power].  Its the 160-80-40-30m bands where some more PO 
helps.   Nobody I know screws with 100 w
 anymore.   We cant hear you.
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