[CQ-Contest] History of Low Power Category

[Tom Osborne]

That is a strange rule.

It is illegal to run an amp to get to 100 watts, but it not illegal to 
run a radio that puts out 400 watts in the NAQP.  If they outlaw amps, 
why not outlaw radios that put out more than the NAQP limit

I personally would like to be able to run my amp in the NAQP RTTY so I 
can crank my exciter down to 20 watts or so.  To get to 100 watts now, I 
have to run it full bore.  73
Tom W7WHY




On 9/16/2014 12:20 PM, Steve London wrote:
> On 09/16/2014 12:20 PM, John Unger wrote:
>> I think I remember that a number years ago ARRL or NCJ changed the NAQP
>> from 150W to 100W. As I recall, one of the reasons given was that then
>> stations would not have to use amps to get up to the 150W level. I was
>> surprised at that revelation mainly because I had never thought of doing
>> it! Maybe that ~1dB would have helped...
>
> I will confess that at that time I had a TS-830S that would put out 85 
> watts on a good day. Running the amp to get to 150 watts is 2.5 dB. I 
> won that NAQP, so they had to change the rules to prevent another win 
> from happening again :) .
>
> 73,
> Steve, N2IC
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