>I recently bought used Scout 555....the fellow I bought it from sez finals
>were replaced 4 years ago by Ten Tec.
>My question is: he had power output set to max which, according to my three
>watt meters, was more than 90+ watts output!! Not bad for a 50-watt rig, but
>will this harm finals in the long run?
>To be safe, I've already set it back to about 60-watts output. I know the
>different between 60 and 90 is barely discernable at the receive end!
>Thanks..../k6sdw
Very interesting. Can you tell how much DC current the power supply is
providing? Perhaps the watt meter is not too accurate? ;-)
Actually, I don't think it is physically possible for the Scout to output 90
watts. Was SSB or CW watts?
Bill
KB1LG
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