I suppose that is a matter of judgement. 1 watt is pretty useless when you
are an hour away trying to secure a slip for the night. Trying to secure a
slip 10 minutes before arrival is inconsiderate and places the marina on
the spot and can leave one with few alternatives if they cannot accomodate
you. Try reducing your power to 1 watt everytime you are communicating with
a marina and see how life is?

I just have to ask what the thinly vailed insult has to do with anything? I
think
Larry's explanation of SWR was quite valuable and others who chimed in
had valuable contributions as well. Certainly more useful than the Battery
Water
thread

Doug

"Jim Woodward" jameslwoodward at attbi dot com wrote in message
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"Larry W4CSC" wrote in message
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The only reason you need the power is to overcome noise
and the damned marinas docking boats from a 70' tower with a 9 dB
antenna running 25 watts to get to the end of the dock. Why the FCC
doesn't restrict marinas to 1W and 10' AGL has always been a mystery
to me. They're NOT part of any rescue party, manned by teenage girls.

Actually, don't the rules say that we all MUST use 1W when possible? Thus
the marinas are actually in violation if they're using 25 watts. Of
course,
the FCC has better things to do than enforce its own rules.

And thanks to all for comments in this thread. So many decisions, so
little
solid information available on subjects like this. While you guys don't
always agree, at least I get a spectrum of views from people who mostly
don't have a horse in the race.


--
Jim Woodward
www.mvFintry.com


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