Yes, but you don't know beforehand whether you need it or not. One has no info on the strength of other signals at the DX location or whether he suffers from S8 QRN.
So WFWL -- Watts first or weep later. 73 de Brian/K3KO On 7/31/2011 23:06, N2TK, Tony wrote: > Hi Fred, > A watt is a watt. A SS 500 watt sounds just like a tube or other brand SS > 500watt on the receive end. The other features are sure nice though on the > transmit side. > > But with that 1500W amp you are running at 500W, you have the power > available when you need the little extra push of 1500W. The increase in > power does on occasion help for the DX station to hear you over someone else > or even just hear you. Sometimes less than an S-unit increase does matter, > but not most of the time. > > 73, > N2TK, Tony ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3800 - Release Date: 07/31/11 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
