[Amps] AL1200, RTTY contesting, temps, duty cycles (not 100%)

[Bill, W6WRT]

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On Sat, 04 Jul 2009 20:51:36 -0700, Kevin Normoyle <knormoyle at surfnetusa.com>
wrote:

>
>Most people don't even have dummy load setups to test the configurations 
>they will use in contests for even 30 minutes, so how can we be sure we 
>have controlled data on anything?

REPLY:

I don't have a dummy load like that either. I test using a real antenna on the
higher bands in the middle of the night and on the lower bands in the middle of
the day. Perfectly legal as long as I identify as required. 

And once in a while I snag some DX. :-)

73, Bill W6WRT