Hi Jim,
I assume your MkV is a "Field". I have the original MP and have been
running it in RTTY contests for years set to approx. 75W out. Yes, the
fan comes on quite soon and stays on most of the time but that's not
a problem (except for the noise). For the last two month I have used
the MP with my new ACOM 1000 amp and had to lower the MPs output to
abt 50W (close to your 40). The fan comes on and stays on like with
the 75W level.
So nothing to worry. If your MP is the 200W MkV then things might be
different.
73 de Goetz
dj3iw@t-online.de
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Martin - MM0BQI" <MM0BQI@blueyonder.co.uk>
To: "RTTY" <RTTY@contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, August 26, 2004 7:45 AM
Subject: [RTTY] RTTY power levels
> I am running an FT1000MP Mk5 at 40w output during rtty contests and the fan
> runs almost constantly and it gets hot. My understanding of the MP manual is
> that I can run it at 100w out for long periods but I am not too keen to do
> his! The second radio, IC7400 runs much cooler at 40w.
> I see from lots of posts that operators are running 100w output from
> standard rigs with great success and no damage, some guidance on this would
> be appreciated!
> Thanks
> Jim MM0BQI
>
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