Or, a contester could borrow a 32-pill S.S. amp from the local "Shoot-Out"
club for the contest. Most Shoot-Outs occur on Sunday afternoon, so the
amp could be returned in time for that.
This will get rid of those greedy 160 amp filament transformers running
all the time.
To further satisfy the tree-huggers, a few hundred solar panels could be
rigged up to power the 32 pill amp. Then the "CQ Contest" voice keyers
can be reset to their usual speed without violating any conservation policy.
(((73)))
Phil, k5PC
> 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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