All the major manufacturers, at various times, offered low Power versions of their high-power radios to appeal to foundation/entry level license holders.
While they may be able to possess higher-power, more functional radios, why spend more money on a radio with features/capabilities they can't use? Why pay for 100 watt finals if you can only run 10 watts, for example.
For example, the kenwood TS-120V among others...
Ken, N2VIP
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On Jan 14, 2023, at 10:08, martinbradford2001 <martin.a.bradford@...> wrote:
?On Sat, Jan 14, 2023 at 02:18 PM, Kevin Grantham wrote:
I may be off here, but as I understand it, the FT-817 was originally designed for ¡°foundation¡± or ¡°basic¡± class licenses (non-FCC countries). I think these are all-mode all-band licenses that are power limited to about 8 watts depending on country. As I understand it, more privileged license classes are generally higher power limits.
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73,
Kevin N5KRG
I don't think that there was any specific intent to target the FT-817 at foundation or basic licence classes. It is certainly true that many countries have entry-level licence classes that are power-output limited but, with the possible exception of Japan, most countries do not forbid holders of entry level licences from buying high power radios. There's nothing to stop a UK Foundation licence holder from buying an FTdx101MP capable of putting out 200W - and, since most Foundation licence holders will aspire to upgrading to a higher level licence, few would buy a 5w radio simply because they are not allowed to run high power...
Martin (G8FXC)
