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5W is plenty. Gaining 3dB over that would require 10W, which probably no HT produces - and which I also wouldn't like so much, 5cm from my face! Also the battery drain would be huge. My old TH28A, used with a pack of six NiMH cells, produced 1.5W on a good day and with tailwind. RX performance is mo...

Hi all! New forum user here, XQ6FOD, Manfred. Never mind that I registered as XQ2FOD! That was my previous callsign, and for some crazy reason the web browser autocompleted the username field with the old callsign, and I noticed too late... :oops: I have been a ham since 1980, but without real DMR e...