rotfl, I wish I could have been there for that one.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Louis Kim Kline" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, January 07, 2009 10:36 PM
Subject: Re: amps


> Hi Richard.
>
> You don't know the half of it.  Since I'm never home during the day, when 
> I
> ordered my Comet GP15, I had it sent to my work address.  Only one thing I
> failed to take into account--the mailing tube that it comes in is nearly 8
> feet long!  I had a sweet time taking that one home on the bus!
>
> Believe it or not, I did it though.  Everyone picked up their feet and we
> just slid it under the seats!
>
> 73, de Lou K2LKK
>
>
>
> At 10:14 AM 1/7/2009 -0500, you wrote:
>>Hi;
>>Buying the antenna and support structure and antenna is the easy part.  =
>>The harder part comes when the boxes show up at your door.
>>Richard
>>    =20
>>   ----- Original Message -----=20
>>   From: Ron & Denise Miller=20
>>   To: [log in to unmask]
>>   Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:23 PM
>>   Subject: Re: amps
>>
>>
>>   Hi Richard,
>>   Your right, you'd get about an s unit going from 100 to 500 watts. =
>>Remember,
>>   an s unit is supposed to be a 6 dB increase or decrease in signal =
>>strength.
>>   Your change from 100 to 500 watts would give you about a 6 dB gain in =
>>signal
>>   strength.
>>
>>   If you can do it, more antenna gain will trump lotsa watts every time.
>>   Consider that an increase from 100 watts to 1,600 watts, more than our 
>> =
>>legal
>>   limit, yields a 12 dB increase in signal strength--2 s units. I can =
>>buy a
>>   lot of antenna and support structure for the same price I would pay =
>>for a
>>   kilowatt amplifier.
>>
>>   73
>>
>>
>>   Ron Miller
>>   N6MSA
>>   Clearwater, Fl. U.S.A.
>>   SKYPE arjay1
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>   -----Original Message-----
>>   From: For blind ham radio operators =
>>[mailto:[log in to unmask]]
>>   On Behalf Of Richard Fiorello
>>   Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 12:01 PM
>>   To: [log in to unmask]
>>   Subject: amps
>>
>>   Hello;
>>   Can't resist my two cents on the amp issue.  I would much prefer a 60 =
>>=3D
>>   foot tower with a nice six element beam.  Unfortunately, it is much =
>>=3D
>>   easier to buy an amp than erecting the tower.  If an amp isn't =3D
>>   overdriven a signal isn't to wide.  As for tvi type interference, true 
>> =
>>=3D
>>   an amp can aggravate that problem.  I found that going from 100 to 500 
>> =
>>=3D
>>   watts gives you about an extra s unit.
>>   Richard
>>
>>
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> Louis Kim Kline
> A.R.S. K2LKK
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