I never run less than 100 watts, just a nice round number... still with
all the truckers right around a 350 watt standard and 500 watt linears
common, I get stepped on quickly...

John

"james" wrote in message
...
On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 21:48:12 -0700, "John Smith"
wrote:

James:

Well, yes, but there is the meter readings and then there is
actual/practical use--you will find 35 watts is hardly worth the
effort
unless put into a beam (directional antenna) of 7 db or greater
gain...
in a mobile or on a base running a omnidirectional antenna no one is
going to be real amazed over your signal increase...
In practical use here is a general case example of what I have seen in
real use:
1) you are running an omniantenna
2) the guy at the other end is running an omniantenna
3) without an amp (4-5 watts) he has you at a 3 on his meter
4) you kick on a 100watt amp
5) now he has you at a 7 or right around that on his meter...

... so you see, 35 watts is not going to be that big of thing... now
kick on a kilowatt and he is going to get excited!!! grin

Warmest regards,
John
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John

There is meter readings and there is meter readings. One thing that
meter readings can't get around is physics. Besides I place about as
much trust in s meters on receivers as a sreeen door in a submarine.
Nice gadget to make it look as if the receiver is doing something but
for field density measurements they are worthless.

Actually the difference from 35 watts to 100 watts is far less than
that from 5 to 35 watts. In fact the difference from 35 watts to 100
watts is really just discernable. To make a real noticable difference
the power level has to go up by four times. Five to 35 is seven times.


Besides I never stated that 35 watts was going to knock doors off. I
just stated that 35 watts compared to 5 watts is far more noticable
than you give credit for.

james