Only if you tell the world. "Hey, guys, I am running a KW-1 or a 20V-3 or a homebrew pair of 4-1000s."
It's a little like the guy who bragged that he had a Porsche or Corvette had never been driven over 60 mph. Sure! David Knepper, W3ST/W3CRA Publisher of the Collins Journal Secretary of the Collins Radio Association www.collinsra.com Join today Nets: 14.263 Mhz, 1900Z, Sundays 3.805 Mhz, 2300Z, Mondays ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brett Gazdzinski" <brett.gazdzin...@verizon.net> To: "Discussion of AM Radio in the Amateur Service" <amradio@mailman.qth.net> Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 8:46 PM Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan > No, I bet you could run twice the legal power for years and no one would > know... > After all, how can you tell the difference between a good antenna or twice > the power? > > Brett > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "D. Chester" <k4...@charter.net> > To: <amradio@mailman.qth.net> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 7:05 PM > Subject: Re: [AMRadio] AM IARU Region 2 Bandplan > > >>> I have enough of a time keeping the BEASTs reined in at 1500W PEP. If I >>> set the microphone resting current at the specified in the TM at 40ma, >>> the darn thing WILL hit 2500W PEP. >>> >> >> There is nothing in Part 97 that says we even have to have instruments >> capable of measuring PEP. They specifically deleted the provision >> requiring >> accurate power measuring instruments when they changed the power limit >> rules, because in the Report and Order they admitted that many hams would >> not be able to ACCURATELY measure output power. >> >> If you are worried about the power you are running, just keep the DC >> input >> at 500 watts or less, or if you think you have good accurate rf power >> output >> measuring capability, run the carrier at 375 watts output. Check the >> envelope pattern on a scope to make sure the negative peaks don't go over >> 100% and that the positive peaks don't flat-top, and run the modulation >> as >> high as you can while still avoiding those extremes. I can't see why some >> people are so nit-picky. If your signal is clean, nobody is going to come >> busting down your door because an occasional voice peak exceeded a >> certain >> limit. >> >> Don k4kyv >> _______________________________________________________________ >> >> This message was typed using the DVORAK keyboard layout. >> >> http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ >> http://gigliwood.com/abcd/ >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net >> AMRadio mailing list >> Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ >> List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html >> List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio >> Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net >> To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with >> the word unsubscribe in the message body. >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > ______________________________________________________________ > Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net > AMRadio mailing list > Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ > List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html > List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio > Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net > To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with > the word unsubscribe in the message body. > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Our Main Website: http://www.amfone.net AMRadio mailing list Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/amradio@mailman.qth.net/ List Rules (must read!): http://w5ami.net/amradiofaq.html List Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio Post: AMRadio@mailman.qth.net To unsubscribe, send an email to amradio-requ...@mailman.qth.net with the word unsubscribe in the message body. This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
