Indeed Alek.
And when the DX path is open and the antenna pattern take-off angle optimum
for the path then a mere few watts is perfectly satisfactory :-)
Contesting and pileup breaking is an endeavour all to itself....
Leigh
VK5KLT
-----Original Message-----
From: Amps [mailto:amps-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Alek Petkovic
Sent: Thursday, 8 December 2016 3:18 PM
To: AMPS
Subject: Re: [Amps] 600W vs 1.5KW amps was: Re: SS amps and autotune...
I know very little to nothing about the fineries of solid state amps but
I do know, that it's the first half kilowatt, whichever way its derived,
that does all the work and makes all the difference on the S meter.
73, Alek
VK6APK
On 8/12/2016 12:37 PM, qrv@kd4e.com wrote:
> For those who must have max-legal the 600w proposal is meaningless.
>
> For the 10's of thousands who have owned and happily operated 600w
> amps for decades it is not.
>
> It is to that population I direct my request for a 600w discussion
> alongside the 1.5KW discussion.
>
> Thanks - David KD4E
>
>> On 08/12/16 16:31, amps-request@contesting.com qrv@kd4e.com wrote:
>>> A 600w SS amp is not expensive to build - a 1.5KW is.
>>>
>>> Might we divide the discussion that way, please?
>>
>> I submit that a 600W amp is more expensive to build.
>>
>> Sounds counterintuitive, but when the question of WHY you would WANT a
>> 600W amp is factored in, then the answer is clearer.
>>
>> I'd want a 600W amp for mobile, and for SOTA, some portable, but nowhere
>> else. If I built or bought a 600W amp for home use, I'd be pretty
>> dissatisfied with it pretty quick, and then I'd be off looking for a
>> decent amp, as well as having the difficulty of trying to sell that amp
>> to someone who either hadn't thought it through properly, or genuinely
>> wanted to use it for mobile or SOTA. There is also the matter of the
>> time wasted trying a less than useful gadget.
>>
>> No way would I build a 'too small' amp for any situation, and then make
>> do with second-best and be dissatisfied - that's very expensive.
>>
>> Steve
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