No problem hahaha. That's why I thought I would ask on here.... Thanks.
73's
Darren Duff.
amateur radio station KK4AHX.
Cherokee Amateur Radio Society.
http://cherokeehams.com
-----Original Message-----
From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
On Behalf Of colin McDonald
Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2011 1:34 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
Darren:
as with anything from the internet, make sure you take things with a grain
of sault. Just because the guy has a call sign and writes something
coherent, doesn't mean he's automatically correct or even close to the mark.
Many licensed hams who write articles and blogs and tid bits are correct,
but things like this just have to be taken with a huge pinch of sault.
Same goes for the sub group of would be, old time HF operators who haven't
touched it in years because "the conditions aren't there" or the
"propigation is terrible" or whatever...in their experience perhaps, but the
facts of the matter are quite the opposite for those of us who actually make
an effort to closely monitor such things on a daily basses.
I get pretty choked at some local hams who would have everyone, including
new hams, believe that there is no point to getting on the HF frequencies
because propigation is so bad anyway, why bother. These guys haven't turned
a radio with a decent antenna on in 15 years or more in most cases...or
they're of the type that sit down on 3700 and don't move. Unless they hear
Europe blasting in at 40 over S9 on 80 meters, then they figure there's no
conditions.
anyway sorry for the rant, but I don't like intentional misinformation
especially for newer hams.
I am occasionally wrong about something and am corrected usually lol.
However, if I am wrong, it is not intentionally misleading.
73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Miller" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:11 PM
Subject: Re: Ht burning out?
> Even back when I liked 2 meters, and used an HT a lot, I never had that
> problem and really can't think of one person I know who has.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "KK4AHX Darren Duff" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:03 PM
> Subject: Ht burning out?
>
>
>> Hi.
>> After reading the below paragraph in an online article I am worried about
>> burning out my ht. It's the only rig I have now. I want to get a mobile
>> to
>> use as a base station but it's not in the budget right now. I would like
>> to
>> know what other's think. here is the snip from the article.
>>
>> HAND HELD DUTY CYCLE LIMITS
>>
>> If you subject today's HTs to frequent full power, 5w transmissions of
>> several minutes duration they overheat and the final power transistors
>> may
>> fail prematurely. Kenwood and Yaesu state in their service manuals that
>> their HTs are rated for 20% duty cycle at their maximum RF output, or 30
>> seconds of transmit to 2 minutes of standby. After I first got my
>> license,
>> I burned up three sets of "finals" in less than a year with long winded
>> QSOs using a Radio Shack HTX-202 which produced 8w when powered at 13.8V
>> from my auto cigarette lighter plug! When the warranty ran out, I
>> replaced
>> it with a Kenwood TH-22 and repeated the same result. Kenwood's Virginia
>> Beach service center politely admonished me that I was "exceeding the
>> recommended duty cycle" and should buy a mobile. I followed their advice
>> and am satisfied with my two Kenwood mobiles, but I sought out other HTs
>> and pass that advice along.
>>
>> Thanks, 73's.
>>
>> Darren Duff.
>>
>> amateur radio station KK4AHX.
>>
>>
>
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