Leigh Turner <invertech@frontierisp.net.au> wrote:
> Unlike radio broadcasters, for the modest amount of time an amateur station
> is on-air, efficiency and the electricity consumption/conservation is not
> such a
> serious driver...
I agree, Leigh. For hams, it's overwhelmingly up-front cost that matters, not
life-cycle costs or operating costs.
It would be interesting to try to compute roughly how many $$$ I have spent on
my radios and amps vs. electricity to run them or replacement parts for
failures.
My intuition says that the initial purchase price utterly dominates my
life-cycle costs.
That's a big reason why design tradeoffs made for commercial products are often
not appropriate for amateurs.
73,
Cathy
N5WVR
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