Very, VERY good point. I generally think of it this way. If the
manufacturer could have turned up the power to 200W, and advertised it as a
200W "high-power" radio, at no additional cost and with no impact on
reliability or quality, and if they could have made a few extra bucks using
that as a selling point ... why didn't they? RIGHT! They had a REASON, and
if you crank it up yourself, eventually you'll learn what that reason was
... the hard (read: expensive) way.
It's the same question you have to ask yourself when you put something
together again and have 'extra' screws. They seem unnecessary, and it's
tempting to just forget about them, but then you have to think. The
manufacturer made THOUSANDS of these things, and like most manufacturers,
he's pretty cost-conscious. If he could have saved two cents a unit by
leaving out a few screws ... RIGHT. He WOULD HAVE. :)
Scott KD4DCY
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Scott Johnson (scott@wowpage.com) (s.johnson@klotzdigital.com)
ICQ: 30730876 ICBM: N33 45 50.6 W84 49 31.3 (+- 3dB)
> 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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