Hey joe, curious if I can drive that amp using a 5 W minimum from the repeater? Don't know how that tolerance is if it's one watt above the minimum of your level of the drive for the amp. My amp is rated for one to 4 W input, so don't want to burn it out
Chad Nelson WI9HF/WRPL979
Janesville Wisconsin
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On Apr 1, 2025, at 6:10?PM, Joe Burkleo via groups.io <jburkleo@...> wrote:
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Chad,
The 851's were originally designed for the overseas market where 25 watts was the max allowed in some countries. Kenwood later on started selling them here in the US. They are roughly? based on the 850 Version 2 firmware and use the same software.
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They are rated for 1-25 watts continuous duty, where as the TKR-850 are 45 watt radios that are rated for continuous duty at 25 watts.
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If you have a TKR-851, that is the ideal radio to use with your amp.
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Joe - WA7JAW
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