Re: [chirp_devel] VX-7r: power levels for 1.25m band

On Wed, 9 May 2012, Dan Smith wrote:

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I haven't applied it yet because I want to acquire a wattmeter so I'm not flying blind. Do you have any idea why Yaesu limited 1.25m to such low power?

Yeah, because there isn't a dedicated 220 PA in there, and so they're just driving the regular VHF PA real hard off to one side. The VX8 does the same thing, but defaults to letting you run more power. An optimist might say that the RF bits between the two radios are similar and thus it's okay on the VX7. However, it's already kinda working out of spec and driving it harder is asking for trouble, IMHO.

The consensus seems to be that 1 watt is the ideal level to push it to. What could happen if I push it any more?