[VHFcontesting] Six meter power amps and icom 706 mkiiG's

[Mike (KA5CVH) Urich]

On Thu, Jun 18, 2015 at 4:14 PM, Mark Spencer <mark at alignedsolutions.com> wrote:

> I'm contemplating ways I can run 300 watts or more on six meters (500 watts or more is my preference, less than 300 is probably not worth the effort in my view vs the stock 100 watts.)

Mike wrote

The difference between 100 and 500 watts is about 6dB, or ~2-3 S-units
at the receivers location. For mobile I personally don't see investing
the money or time.  However for "well" equipping a portable station,
like activating rare grids that's different.

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