Watts — Transmit power.
Worth less than people assume. Doubling power is barely noticeable at the other end; raising your antenna or improving it changes everything.
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Related words
- Simplex vs duplex — One frequency versus two.
- FM — Frequency Modulation. VHF and UHF voice.
- Band — A range of frequencies set aside for a purpose.
- K index — How disturbed the earth's magnetic field is.
- Sporadic E — Sudden short-lived openings.
- Offset — The gap between transmit and receive frequency.
- CTCSS / PL tone — A sub-audible tone that opens a repeater.
- SSTV — Slow-Scan Television.