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Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ Owner - Operator Big Signal Ranch – K9ZC Staunton, Illinois Owner – Operator Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com email: [email protected] > On Apr 21, 2017, at 10:21 AM, GWK <[email protected]> wrote: > > And the reason you "need" the extra 1000 W is that the others in the pileup > are all running max power. A typical arms race, with tempers to match. > > George, W3HBM > >> On 4/20/2017 9:39 PM, Dr. William J. Schmidt, II wrote: >> Well you might consider this. I do a lot of DXing from J6. Typically the >> pile-ups are hundreds if not more people calling once it gets going. That 1 >> s-unit difference can mean the difference between working the DX or the band >> going out before you do. It's personal, right? Kinda of reminds me of the >> "I really don't need the horsepower of a corvette" argument. Yep, maybe you >> don't and we all can't be driving corvettes. But having one SURE IS FUN! >> >> >> Dr. William J. Schmidt - K9HZ J68HZ 8P6HK ZF2HZ PJ4/K9HZ VP5/K9HZ PJ2/K9HZ >> >> Owner - Operator >> Big Signal Ranch - K9ZC >> Staunton, Illinois >> >> Owner - Operator >> Villa Grand Piton - J68HZ >> Soufriere, St. Lucia W.I. >> Rent it: www.VillaGrandPiton.com >> Like us on Facebook! >> >> >> email: [email protected] >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Elecraft [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terry >> Brown >> Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2017 8:12 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: [Elecraft] KPA 500 vs New 1500 watt amp >> >> If the new Elecraft amp is indeed 1500 watts it might be worth considering >> that going from 500 to 1500 watts is only about 4.5 Db or less than 1 S-unit ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
