In the days of tube radios, 100 w often wasn't the ceiling barefoot, with the
exception of some transmitters/transceivers that could push out 400.
150 is a good compromise. It gives some headroom to guys who may still be
running vintage rigs, but doesn't make the break point TWICE as much power as
most radios.
I wouldn't want the limit raised to the point folks figured they had to trade
their brand new IC-7300 for an FT-5k or IC-7851 to be competitive in low power.
I'm ok with the break point being 50 watts more than my P-3.
73, kelly, ve4xt
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> On Jul 3, 2017, at 12:19, John Geiger <af5cc2@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> It appears that for the ARRL contest, and maybe for CQ contest, 150 watts
> is the break point between high and low power. Does anyone know why that
> limit was set? It would seem that changing it to 200 watts would make more
> sense, in that low power would be barefoot, and high power would be with an
> amp (or with a Yaesu FTDX9000MP barefoot).
>
> It seems that there are 3 radios that doe 150 watts barefoot-the Kenwood
> TS950, the Icom 781, and the JRC JST-245.
>
> There are quite a few radios that do 200 watts barefoot-Yaesu FT1000D,
> Yaesu FT1000MP MK5, Yaesu FT2000D, Yaesu FTDX9000D, Yaesu FTDX9000C, Yaesu
> FTDX5000, Icom 775, Icom 7800, Icom 7700, Icom 7851, Kenwood TS990.
>
> That is one reason why 200 watts seems to be a more logical dividing point,
> but what do I know?
>
> 73 John AF5CC
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