>I'm a contester, and in contesting you scrounge for a dB here and a dB
>there, because in the aggregate, over 48 hours, even a dB has been shown to
>discernible difference in the number of QSOs made. You are earlier into
>(for example) Europe when the band opens... your signal stays in longer as
>it closes.
Agreed. These are those cases where the extra power does help. I won't
deny that at all. You make a good point.
>
>In my own station, I've chose to stay with an SB-220 at 1200 watts, rather
>than go to a "full legal limit" amp, because the dB/$ ratio isn't
>favorable, not because the difference isn't real, and cumulative.
Well, that's very true. You are a wise man. And my whole point on this
is for one to consider the matter like you have. What can I afford and
what is the best bang for my buck?
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
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