Scott,

I guess it's for the same reason that guys used to cruise their 
neighborhoods in cars with 400 horsepower engines and glass pack mufflers. 
With that much power, you're pretty much assured of blasting through a 
pileup even if you annoy everyone else on the band.  Kind of like hunting 
quail with an elephant gun; it gets the job done, but it's not very 
sporting.  Of course, we won't even mention the fact that running 6KW is far 
beyond the legal limit here in the U.S.

Steve

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gillen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 14:36
Subject: Re: Big power


> I'm afraid I just don't see the point running that much power.
>
> 73
> Scott
> ZL1CHM - N0HOK
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 27/02/2014, at 4:36 AM, "Alan R. Downing" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
>> Hello again Kelvin, I could name you 25 stations in the US and in other
>> countries too, that are operating with over 15 KW.  Many of the really
>> high-power stations are using custom built amps using the 4CX15000A(8281)
>> ceramic tetrodes.  I am told that these amps cost $32,000 in the 
>> auto-tune
>> version, and $24,000 in manual tune.
>>
>>
>>
>> 73
>>
>> Alan/KD7GC
>>
>>
>>
>