Subj : Re: Your First SSB XMTR
To   : Holger Granholm
From : Ed Vance
Date : Mon Jun 23 2014 10:14 pm

06-21-14 10:13 Holger Granholm wrote to Ed Vance about Re: Your First SSB XMTR

HG> @MSGID: <[email protected]>
HG> In a message dated 06-19-14, Ed Vance said to Holger Granholm:

HG> Hi Ed,
Howdy Holger,
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HG> Well, we were allowed 150 Wo at that time in history so this
HG> tube was ideal for the purpose unless you wanted to downspec an
HG> 813.

EV> Which made me want to ask You, does Your License allow You to use
EV> One Kilowatt of Input Power at Your QTH in the Aland Islands?

HG> Well, I could update my license to 1 kW by just requesting it

HG> Actually I just sifted through the rules and found that I am
HG> allowed to run 1 kW with my license but as said I've never had
HG> the need for that.

300 Watts is the highest RF Input Power I've ran at my QTH, and I think
300W on HF is probably ALL I need to run.

When I had the Home Brew 300W RF Amp, with plug-in coils, a older Ham
Operator built and used years ago, that he gave to me, I made a QSO on
20M CW with a Ham in Katowice, Poland once when I lived 20 Miles South
of where I live now.

I know Katowice is a short distance from Your QTH but it was DX to me.

The only other higher powered TX's I've used was a T350-XM that was
replaced by the CE 100V/600L at K6NCJ when I was stationed at Naval Air
Station Alameda, California.

I loved using both of those TX's.
When I keyed up the T350-XM on 80M or 20M AM it made a 'Hole' in the
frequency I used.

Before I was assigned duty in Alameda I was in Norfolk, Virginia and
used a B&W 5100 at the Ham Shack on the Base.

In the mid-1960's a local Ham Radio Store had a list of Radio Gear it
wanted for Trade In and to my surprise the B&W5100 was at the top of
the list.

I asked why and was told that CB'ers wanted those TX's because they had
a 11 Meter position on their Band Switch and ran 180W RF Input.

That made me wonder about the owner of the store who was a Ham.


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