Hello All,
Newbie ham here that is looking to put together their first mobile rig. I was concerned about the wattage rating of the antenna that I wanted to use. My radio would be putting out about 75W on 2 meters and the antenna that I was looking to use is rated for a max of 100W.
The gain of the antenna is approximately 2.15 dB....and this would raise the ERP above 100W. Does this matter? Will this factor damage my transceiver and or antenna? I just wanted to be sure before I keyed up and created an expensive puff of smoke .
Thanks in advance for all your advice!
Chris
Newbie ham here that is looking to put together their first mobile rig. I was concerned about the wattage rating of the antenna that I wanted to use. My radio would be putting out about 75W on 2 meters and the antenna that I was looking to use is rated for a max of 100W.
The gain of the antenna is approximately 2.15 dB....and this would raise the ERP above 100W. Does this matter? Will this factor damage my transceiver and or antenna? I just wanted to be sure before I keyed up and created an expensive puff of smoke .
Thanks in advance for all your advice!
Chris