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That's some serious current draw previously. You can see how much current draw was wasted to just get about 20% more wattage.

Some people are watt-heads and will squeeze every available watt out of a radio or amp. The truth was, is, and always will be that it takes multiplying the power by 4x to get just 1 extra signal strength on the other end. You would now have to increase your power to 1600 watts to get there then up to 6400 watts to get another one. The first major amplification stage is always the most crucial.

Excessive PEP power leads to shortened final life and excessive heat. Excessive deadkey power is wasteful too. This is only useful for those key-down competitions which are meaningless to me. It's similar to turning up the high idle on your car which will waste fuel, create more heat, and serve no purpose to overall performance. Too little deadkey isn't good because the excessive swing will cause audio distortion.

You have a powerful radio and with an ideal antenna system, you will have an excellent station.

Maybe other people reading this thread can learn something from it.

<blockquote data-quote="fourstringburn" data-source="post: 593265" data-attributes="member: 2920">That&#039;s some serious current draw previously. You can see how much current draw was wasted to just get about 20% more wattage.Some people are watt-heads and will squeeze every available watt out of a radio or amp. The truth was, is, and always will be that it takes multiplying the power by 4x&nbsp; to get just 1 extra signal strength on the other end. You would now have to increase your power to 1600 watts to get there then up to 6400 watts to get another one. The first major amplification stage is always the most crucial.Excessive PEP power leads to shortened final life and excessive heat. Excessive deadkey power is wasteful too. This is only useful for those key-down competitions which are meaningless to me. It&#039;s similar to turning up the high idle on your car which will waste fuel, create more heat, and serve no purpose to overall performance. Too little deadkey isn&#039;t good because the excessive swing will cause audio distortion.You have a powerful radio and with an ideal antenna system, you will have an excellent station.Maybe other people reading this thread can learn something from it.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="fourstringburn, post: 593265, member: 2920"] That's some serious current draw previously. You can see how much current draw was wasted to just get about 20% more wattage. Some people are watt-heads and will squeeze every available watt out of a radio or amp. The truth was, is, and always will be that it takes multiplying the power by 4x to get just 1 extra signal strength on the other end. You would now have to increase your power to 1600 watts to get there then up to 6400 watts to get another one. The first major amplification stage is always the most crucial. Excessive PEP power leads to shortened final life and excessive heat. Excessive deadkey power is wasteful too. This is only useful for those key-down competitions which are meaningless to me. It's similar to turning up the high idle on your car which will waste fuel, create more heat, and serve no purpose to overall performance. Too little deadkey isn't good because the excessive swing will cause audio distortion. You have a powerful radio and with an ideal antenna system, you will have an excellent station. Maybe other people reading this thread can learn something from it. [/QUOTE]

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