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The information is intended to be for use only by the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient or the person responsible for delivering the e-mail to the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of the contents of this e-mail or any documents attached hereto is prohibited.</span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org [mailto:hpsdr-bounces@lists.openhpsdr.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Erik Anderson<br><b>Sent:</b> 17 November 2010 15:33<br><b>To:</b> hpsdr@openhpsdr.org<br><b>Subject:</b> [hpsdr] ability to amplify pennywhistle (much) beyond 17W?<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I just came back from my digital group showing what I have been assembling here and the biggest answer I got was pretty much "that's a lot of money for a qrp rig". This would be my second radio beyond a 5W triband HT, so 17W did seem like a lot in comparison, but they're saying that it takes a minimum of 50W to drive an amplifier and 100W is the minimum target in order to get good transmission on HT. Plus my wanting to explore heterodyning into higher frequencies cutting into the signal power and this starts to feel a bit on the weak side.<br><br>So... we have Pennywhistle that does 17W. Other than linking to a second radio, can I get some suggestions as how to amplify the output from this thing?<br><br>Erik KE7YOA<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>