--- In [email protected], "Johnne Ables" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As I mentioned in a previous post (For which I was adequately > chastised off-group) I am interested in utilizing the new digital > modes. I am interested in a new TenTec rig. Is the 20 watt Argonaut > 516 adequate or would the Jupiter be a better choice? The Orion is > not in my 'blue-collar budget'. > >
It depends on your definition of "adequate". Will you make digital contacts with 20W? Sure, lots of them. Perhaps not so much DX as someone running 40W or 50W, especially at this point in the sunspot cycle, but 20W will work perfectly well. I usually run 30W from my TS-480SAT, and am perfectly happy with the results. The more pertinent question is - can you actually run 20W from the 516 in a 100% duty cycle digital mode? Many rigs are rated at their full output power only on modes with much lower duty cycles, like SSB. For digital modes, you may have to de-rate the maximum power by half or three-quarters, if you don't want to risk thermal shutdown, or worse. - Rich ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/TISQkA/hOaOAA/yQLSAA/ELTolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Need a Digital mode QSO? Connect to Telnet://cluster.dynalias.org Other areas of interest: The MixW Reflector : http://groups.yahoo.com/group/themixwgroup/ DigiPol: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Digipol (band plan policy discussion) Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/digitalradio/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
