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Old 05-21-2009, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DDan View Post
Absolutely and this isn't the first time I have heard of this. At 75 watts I would disconnect the scanner antenna while transmitting.
Wow, that really sucks. I bricked two scanners. After talking to an old ham, he told me that when APRS first started out it wasn't uncommon for these things to happen. Which is weird, since I had asked him before if this was a bad idea and he said no...

Would 50 watts be too much? I thought a lot of people sometimes run 50w in the boonies for APRS.

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Originally Posted by gewecke View Post
Try reducing the power output of your icom?
N9ZAS
Yeah, obviously, I turned it down today but the damage has already been done.
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