You are talking solid state amps yes?  If so do they run on 110 or would I need to drop a 220 volt
line in here if I wanted to do something like that?
Ray T. Mahorney
WA4WGA

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Dresser" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 15:10
Subject: Re: ts480


Howard,

I suppose 3 DB makes a difference if your signal is right at the
noise floor, but in any other case, it's only a half an S unit, and
not likely to make much difference.

Steve

On Tuesday 8/2/05 23:11 Howard Kaufman wrote:
>I hear that their are times where 3 DB does make a difference, but
>since the cost of the radio is over $100 more, and doubling the power
>supply cost adds another $100 or more, why not put that money towards
>a real amp if that is what you want.  800 watts is 9 DB, and you can
>find that for around $300.
>That's $33 per DB rather than $75 per DB, and a lot more of them to boot.





--
No virus found in this outgoing message.
Checked by AVG Anti-Virus.
Version: 7.0.338 / Virus Database: 267.9.9/62 - Release Date: 8/2/2005