[TenTec] What Radio?

[Richards]

Serious question --   So... where does it stop ?   If 200 watts makes a 
100 watt rig just a bit better, why would a 300 watt amp not make that 
200 watt rig just a bit better and find you even more DX ?   And so on 
down the slippery slope to megawatts, each little bit digging more DX 
out than the previous bit?

How far down the slippery slope do we go before diminishing returns 
cancels any marginal value from marginal additional power?    What 
circumstances and factors would force a different answer for different 
operators?

	(Serious question - not just making an argument. --
	Personally, I find the maximum usable power is about 450-500
	watts... any more and I don't make more contacts that I do
	at that level, but should this not differ depending on antenna
	type and deployment, and other factors such as external
	noise levels, etc.??)


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Happy Trails.

=======================  Richards / K8JHR  =========================

On 9/10/2011 14:51, jack wrote:
> I agree totally. I have 100 W and know that any boost would have helped in
> several cases over the years. I have missed considerable DX because I could
> not increase the power. there are many stations I have heard but could not
> hear me due to QRM or QRN.