[Amps] Power thread

[Ian White]

>> I did the math and guess what?  1500 watts is louder than 1000 watts.
>
>Not by a lot though -- it mostly matters when you're on the edge of the
>other guy's noise.
>
>73 Jim K9YC 

Or indeed when you're trying to make your signal stand out, just a
little, from the pileup calling a DXpedition. "Just a little" is all it
takes for the DXpedition operator to get a mental lock on your signal
rather than someone else's, and then a good operator will pull you
through.

The point is this: Even though +1.76dB is quite small, it *will* shade
the odds in your favor by a small but positive amount, and that *will*
make a difference in the long game.

73 from Ian GM3SEK