[UK-CONTEST] 80CC changes

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I was going to comment but Peter said what I was going to say... 10w into a
linear makes clean psk with no overdriving.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Peter Day [mailto:microwaves at blueyonder.co.uk]
> Sent: 09 December 2011 20:04
> To: uk-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [UK-CONTEST] 80CC changes
> 
> On 09/12/2011 17:01, Colin Potter wrote:
> > Although I enjoy 80CC there are a few irritations that could be
addressed.
> >
> >
> >
> > For Data RTTY is fine but PSK 31 is a problem in that anywhere near
> > 100W is difficult to use without overdriving which wrecks any chance
> > of reception for everybody.
> 
> until I got a 200 watt transceiver I used 10W of drive from my 100W
> transceiver to drive my linear amp to 100W o/p. That way I could get a
really
> clean sig at 10W and the Acom 1010 did not add anything other than extra
RF
> to it :-0
> 
> If all you have is a 100 watt tranceiver then you have to be satisfied
with 40 or
> 50 watts o/p but that's only 3dB (half an S unit) down on the
> 100 so you'd hardly tell the difference.
> 
> Peter G3PHO
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