[RTTY] Question about NAQP rules

[Tom Osborne]

Bill - I have wondered this same thing my self.

I have a couple of amps and one of them is an old SB-200 which now on a 
good day will put out about 350 watts.  What is the difference between 
throttling this amp back to 100 watts or someone using a transceiver 
that runs 200 or 400 watts.

If an amp is illegal, a radio that runs 400 or 200 watts should be 
illegal.  Like Mike said, 'Cheaters will cheat.'   73
Tom W7WHY

>
> On 2/24/2015 9:59 AM, Bill Turner wrote:
>> Quoting from the NAQP rules:
>>
>> "Use of external amplifiers capable of more than 100 W output is not
>> allowed."
>>
>> I've been curious about that rule for a long time and just now getting
>> around to asking about it.
>>
>> If one has a high power amp and throttles it back to 100 W, what's the
>> difference?  Am I missing some subtlety here?
>>
>> I can see where some ops might prefer to let their transceiver loaf
>> along and use an external amp to reach 100 W.  Why would this be
>> prohibited? This rule must have been inserted for a reason.
>>
>> Bill W6WRT
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