[UK-CONTEST] Watts for Contests

[Nigel Newby]

Well I must be honest,  Just of late when I go down the shack to do a 
contest, I always start with 2 KiloWatts. But once the shack has warmed up I 
turn at least 3 bars off on the fire.
 Nigel G0VDZ



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Danny Higgins" <danny.higgins at keme.co.uk>
To: "Ken Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com>
Cc: <uk-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:13 PM
Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] Watts for Contests


> The HF CC contest rules define the power as "maximum power at the
> transmitter output", not power into the antenna, so "feeder loss
> correction factors" are not allowed, athough the rules for AFS refer to
> the licence conditions which talks of power into the antenna, where it
> seems to be open to interpretation as to whether the feeder is part of
> the antenna or a part of the transmitter.
>
> I don't see much benefit in publishing the equipment details as part of
> the entry.  I shortly hope to have a transmitter controllable in 1dB
> steps from 2W to 250W and if conditions were right I would happily enter
> the QRP section with an accurate 10W output.
>
> Danny, G3XVR
>
> Ken Eastty wrote:
>> I don't believe for one moment that there's any reason for UK stations
>> to be using amplifiers with a rated O/P of more than 1kW regardless of
>> feeder loss or duty cycle on RTTY etc. The quest for more & more power
>> creates greater QRM levels on the bands and also gives those who are
>> prepared to run more than the legal limit an unfair advantage in events
>> like AFS.
>>
>> 73....
>>
>> Ken
>>
>> G3LVP
>>
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