Return-Path: Received: from mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com (mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com [172.29.65.28]) by air-ma08.mail.aol.com (v129.4) with ESMTP id MAILINMA083-b5324c05a10e278; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:08:46 -0400 Received: from post.thorcom.com (post.thorcom.com [193.82.116.20]) by mtain-dh08.r1000.mx.aol.com (Internet Inbound) with ESMTP id A84C538000310; Tue, 1 Jun 2010 20:08:42 -0400 (EDT) Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1OJbUD-0005WV-AV for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:07:09 +0100 Received: from [193.82.116.32] (helo=relay1.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1OJbUC-0005WM-Uk for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:07:08 +0100 Received: from mail-gy0-f171.google.com ([209.85.160.171]) by relay1.thorcom.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1OJbU8-0001fb-7X for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Wed, 02 Jun 2010 01:07:08 +0100 Received: by gyf3 with SMTP id 3so4313096gyf.16 for ; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:06:57 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from :user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to :content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=dysj7s1wFgjLJ01VGQ52PhRuyo4gDcdn6SQTcrQ+Hro=; b=M5JbbmrIhpckUzIRDbxiYEIFdCDfGUaErirbl0RVE6j7Ct5slQ2W8KFrU1UtAPqcmG 4gsq1pFjSPepAoIcV6JTee/81fdR3PpZ9XdjYC6L/wE109yxS9++J3ESWnMiU8fVb8S6 V+n6VS14XBscBrPYmjr9CGo1bFrKNkt9IaSMg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=mShcTaiY08yCXsIjTSlq+8b6kUah99ZDOih7jh2f2lXT990Cs42IBImQ2ZF2jDrWgu fxE8vSJ76dzAYDkwQiK4s2Zy0+22Yx/hWeum9/l6pYEdNRasCW6erCnbyZy++zmV3cm/ g6Xe3kohVbyFBG//5BFXLuWG2qjBOZ6ZKABJk= Received: by 10.150.117.34 with SMTP id p34mr7160039ybc.110.1275437217331; Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:06:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.225.6.27] ([166.82.158.251]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id u2sm61620339ybh.3.2010.06.01.17.06.55 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:06:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4C05A084.3070408@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 20:06:28 -0400 From: Dexter McIntyre W4DEX User-Agent: Messenger 9.0a1 (Windows/20071115) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4C0505F3.23023.3198CFC@mike.dennison.ntlworld.com> <4C056744.9070303@gmx.com> In-Reply-To: <4C056744.9070303@gmx.com> DomainKey-Status: good (testing) X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=disabled,none Subject: Re: LF: RE: QRO / QRP Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false x-aol-global-disposition: G X-AOL-SCOLL-AUTHENTICATION: mail_rly_antispam_dkim-m212.1 ; domain : gmail.com DKIM : pass x-aol-sid: 3039ac1d411c4c05a10a4cc3 X-AOL-IP: 193.82.116.20 X-Mailer: Unknown (No Version) Mike.WE0H wrote: > 650w ERP at 10Ghz will cook your lunch and other stuff...watch for > falling crows...hi hi > I routinly run 10 watts to a 2 foot dish on 10 GHz. That's approximately 10,000 watts ERP. For a few years I had a 10 GHz beacon on a 48 db gain antenna. An out of service AT&T KS horn. At 10 watts that's a little more than half a million watts erp. If my mental calculation is correct :) 650 watts ERP on 10 GHz is QRP. Dex