[chirp_devel] VX-7r: power levels for 1.25m band

[David Griffith]

On Wed, 9 May 2012, Dan Smith wrote:

>> The consensus seems to be that 1 watt is the ideal level to push it to.
>> What could happen if I push it any more?
>
> I imagine that the simplest answer is that you're turning up the gain to
> try to get more power out, and thus closer to the potential thermal
> overload point. I expect that any overhead they have in the thermal
> domain is not utilized because they wouldn't pass FCC type certification
> due to distortion or other noise products. Obviously if the hardware
> could do it without burning up or distorting the output, they would have
> set that as the default. Since their only competitor on 220 is a full
> five-watt handheld from Kenwood, I can't imagine they limited the output
> for anything other than a Good Reason(tm) :)

I guess the solution then is to get a Kenwood.  But I can't afford that 
yet and I'm starting to have a thing for Yaesu stuff.  I wish they'd be 
more serious about 220.

-- 
David Griffith
dave at 661.org