[RTTY] North American QSO Party, RTTY

[Tom Osborne]

There had been some talk in the past about allowing the use of 
amplifiers in the NAQP RTTY test since lots of radios can't run 100 
watts key down for long periods of time.

I know my TS-450's won't run 100 watts continuously on RTTY so I have 
the choice of running higher power and take a chance of frying the radio 
or doing what the manual says and run 40 - 45 watts.  Yeah I know - buy 
new radios.  Not gonna happen :-)

With all the 200 and 400 watt radios out there, this rule seems moot.  
Is someone with a 200 or 400 watt radio less likely to cheat than 
someone with an amp set to 100 watts?  Just curious about the rationale 
for the rule.  73
Tom W7WHY