With the power crunch in the West - especially in California, it is
suggested that power usage be reduced by 10%.
There are three approaches to saving energy with a large amplifier.
The first is to reduce maximum power by 10%. Thus a California operator
using 25 kw input should reduce input by 2.5 kw.
The second approach involves using the full 25 kw, but for 19% less time.
Thus an operator can simply say 10% less content in his or her qso's. This
is not difficult for many hams.
The third is to use cw and transmit 10% faster. I have not thought about
whether a 10% increase would in fact give a 10% decrease in power usage - it
would probably have to be 12% faster or so.
Of course the G2DAF might even save more energy (this will bring some guys
out of the woodwork).
73, Colin K7FM
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