Posts Tagged ‘linears’
Linears in the UK
July 19th, 2015 | 
Author: I think the RSGB must be getting short of articles for RadCom.
Last month they reviewed a linear that cannot be legally used in the UK because of its high power. There were a couple of critical letters about this in the August RadCom. Why did the RSGB print this review at all? We, in the UK, have a power level of 400W pep on most bands and we should encourage UK amateurs to keep to this. I have rarely used more than 5-10W pep and even 100W sounds like incredibly high power! No, let us have more articles in the spirit of amateur radio. Not everyone is interested in big, overpriced radios, linears, towers and huge HF beams. Just a few watts is enough to span the globe.
Anyone can work the world with 1000W and an HF beam on a tower. You can also video conference world wide for free with Skype!
QRP is a real challenge. High power rigs, big HF beam and linears are more about egos. Personally they do little for me.
