"Jim Donohue" wrote in
news:kuX0e.244$ZV5.197@fed1read05:

Power is over-rated. You have to hear the other station. Does no
good to only be heard.


Ah, but when BOTH stations have power.....ahhhh....

Biggest linear I ever owned was a homebrew pair of 4-1000A tetrodes with
graphite plates on RTTY. Hmm....6000V at 950ma....That's about a kilowatt,
ain't it?....Ah fergit...