Practicality of 600-800 watt amplifier use in SMALL RESIDENTIAL TRACT??

[AB1QP]

Gee I don't know....
Have they changed the formula for RF lately?
Or perhaps it's five to seven different kinds of RF at once that is causing autism.

Well, thats the point. The big VOAs and RFE, and RM monsters are mostly gone, but you have an exponential growth of micro( and I suppose nano)-emitters.

Just sayin,,,

AB1QP

[K1FBI]

Hi All. Having got my great-grandson interested in our hobby I have been inclined to help him along with obtaining equipment a bit sooner than his pocket-book might allow. "Spoil 'em if ya' can" is not always bad! He's a great young man. I digress - sorry.

He lives in a RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD in the ever popular TRACT HOME configuration. Lots are separated laterally by perhaps 25 or 30 feet at most then the next home begins. The BACK YARDS are approximately 100 feet deep where they then abut only a retaining wall and ANOTHER LOT begins; CLOSE PROXIMITY indeed!

My blessing and curse: Since I have always lived in some form of 'wide open space' I have never had to contend with RFI except to my own non-amateur radio related equipment. I was blessed to be able to run the legal limit and never really worry. HOWEVER, this limits my knowledge of the problems encountered in TRACT NEIGHBORHOODS when any amount of power is utilized.

IF I help the young man out and present him with an amplifier in perhaps the 600 to 800 watt range ...... will I perhaps be creating a great number of PROBLEMS for him DUE TO HIS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO OTHERS in this TRACT HOME location?

This is one time where I wish I had a bit more knowledge from first-hand experience in "operating while keeping neighbors happy" - but, I have virtually none and do not want to create issues that might disrupt or diminish my great-grandsons liking for his new-found hobby.

Thank You in advance guys and gals,

Don -- WD5JOY (still avoiding the 'SK' addendum)

Go to this link and scroll down to table 4, you will see you are well within safe limits.
http://transition.fcc.gov/Bureaus/En...t65/oet65b.pdf

Having said that, I have made contacts over 10,000 miles with 100 watts. You may want to let him enjoy 100 watts for a time so he will appreciate the difference the power may make.