[UK-CONTEST] Amplifier Advice ACOM 2000's

[Steve Thompson]

> Hi ken
> 
> a better analogy would be having a car which can do more than 70 mph, doesn't mean the 
> owner is running flat out at 100 mph every where they go. They drive to the conditions same 
> as an amp!!
> 
> How do you see this getting policed Ken?
> 
> its 400w at antenna not the amp!
> 
> Its also quite legal to run 1kw in the UK. I know 2 callsigns who can do this quite legally on 
> 6m!

I thought a SRP allowed 1500W (32dBW).
> 
> would it not be better to Lobby OFCOM to grant high power contest licenses like their Belgian 
> counterparts did, highly successfully, with not one complaint of interference.
> 
> Contest stations by there very nature are on the whole better RF engineered than the 
> average station. 
> 
> lets push for a 2kw+ high power level for short contest calls!

No. Let's lobby for a high power licence for those who can 
demonstrate that they understand how to handle it properly. That 
doesn't come automatically with contest activity or a short call.

Steve