this is a great way to keep the T-T repair dept. busy.
Lane
Ku7i
PS In the Navy we call this shoveling 10 pounds of you know what into a 2
pound bag. Very bad mojo.
>From: "Ben K8DIT" <benk8dit@serv.net>
>To: <TenTec@yahoogroups.com>, <TenTec@contesting.com>
>Subject: [TenTec] Jupiter power output
To: <tentec@contesting.com>
>Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 07:58:14 -0800
>
>On Sunday, while speaking to the net control whose call I forget, on the
>Ten
>Tec net at 7251, I thought I heard him tell me that he had turned up the
>output of the Jupiter to 200 watts. Can someone confirm or deny his
>statement? I was running my Jupiter with the Centurion amp @ ~1kw so I
>could
>have a chance of being heard, and the condx that evening were pretty good.
>The reason for bringing this to the groups attention is to warn that taking
>the Jupiter's p.o. up a notch is not a good idea with respect to the
>engineering parameters of the rest of the components in the vicinity of the
>finals and output products generated as a result of exceeding manufacturers
>ratings. I know that its always a temptation to crank it up, but its never
>good to act on that impulse.
>I.O.W. its never good to put two pounds of excrement in a one pound bag;
>not
>good for the bag.
>
>
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