In a message dated 7/7/06 3:16:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > While the Battery subclass is limited to 5W, the Alternative Power Bonus > is not. We were running 100W on Battery for one of our stations using > Solar Panels as the power source. > > I also agree that the Battery subclass should allow more power. There > would still be the QRP power multiplier to account for the power level. > My club might be willing to go to all battery, but would not be willing to > give up 13db. >
I think there are a couple different issues here. First off, the power levels aren't equally spaced. 5 W to 150 W is almost 15 dB, but 150 W to 1500 W is only 10 dB. Second, a multitransmitter setup has to use the power of the highest-power station in the setup. IOW, if it's not all QRP, it's not QRP at all. It didn't used to be that way - until 1971, a multitransmitter setup could have multiple power categories and multipliers. I think we should go back to the way it was before 1971. 73 de Jim, N2EY
