On Thursday, October 14, 1999 9:05 PM, Phil Clements
[SMTP:philk5pc@tyler.net] wrote:
> The web site forgot to mention the prize money that
> changes hands at one of these meets. Thousands
> of dollars change hands in one afternoon. Unlike
> amateur radio, these guys are also in it for the money.
> They do not modulate these beasts on the air and
> brag of their expertize while getting 40 over S-9 reports
> from rare DX. As someone already mentioned, the
> amps/power supplies are systematically destroyed
> little by little each time they key up due to the higher
> than normal output power. The prime objective is to
> collect the prize money and buy more stuff for the
> next meet.
>
A little like the "normal" use of the
nitro motors they use to generate the
power in the first place!
Mike
N2MG
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