On the contest side, all the CQWW and CQ WPX contests for all three modes (CW, Phone and RTTY) have a 100 watt limit for the Low Power category. So do the NCJ NAQP and Sprint contests, twelve total each year. The reason for this is two-fold. First, 100 watts covers the majority of HF transceivers and second, it is a larger distinction from High Power. If someone wants to run more than 100 watts, they can enter the High Power category. Unfortunately, ARRL still has a 150 watt PEP limit on their Low Power category. However, the effective difference between 100 and 150 watts is negligible in reality and many contesters, including the serious ones, don't worry about running 100 watts in ARRL contests.
Ed - W0YK Eric, WA6HHQ replied: > We do not see 200W inside the K3 any time soon. The heat, > current and other issues make this difficult. > > Darwin, Keith wrote: > > I agree that 200 watts inside the K3 isn't a good idea (heat) but > > having an external (300-400 watt?) amp that could be driven by 10 > > watts of input (key point here!) would be sweet! > > > > This amp could be used by all the Elecraft rigs, not just > the K3. For > > contests turn it up to the low power limit per the rules. > On 30m, run > > full power and be a big gun. I assume a lower power amp (1/2 KW) > > would be considerably cheaper to build & buy. > > Fred Atchley replied: > > Actually Gary, KPA-200 sounds like a good idea. I like > contesting and > > prefer low power. The problem is that different contests > define "low > > power" as 100, 150 or 200 W. It would be nice to optimize low power > > for any given contest. > > BTW, I wonder if the KAT3 would also need to be replaced. 73, Fred ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
