[RTTY] New amplifier announced

[V Sidarau]

The Icom's IC-PW1 is fine for 48 hours contests at fill 1 KW RTTY.

73,
Vlad VE3IAE

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-----Original Message-----
From: RTTY [mailto:rtty-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Stanley
Zawrotny
Sent: Friday, October 21, 2016 6:23 PM
To: Bill Turner
Cc: RTTY Reflector; Jerry Flanders
Subject: Re: [RTTY] New amplifier announced

Doesn't RTTY at full legal limit overheat most amplifiers? Can they stand
full duty cycle during contesting? My kilowatt starts running warm, but not
overheating, at 600 watts.

Stan, K4SBZ

"Real radio bounces off the sky."

> On Oct 21, 2016, at 2:03 PM, Bill Turner <dezrat at outlook.com> wrote:
> 
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> 
>> On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 11:10:24 -0400, you wrote:
>> 
>> The SPE Expert 1.3K-FA has a built in ATU and switches among 4 antennas
automatically. It can handle two transmitters input. Its main problem is a
backlog of several months due to heavy demand.
>> 
>> Stan, K4SBZ
>> 
>> "Real radio bounces off the sky."
> 
> REPLY:
> 
> I used to own one. Its main drawback is it won't do RTTY at full legal 
> limit. After about ten seconds it kicks back to mid-power.
> 
> 73, Bill W6WRT
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