<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=US-ASCII"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2627" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 rightMargin=7><FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2> <DIV> <DIV>In a message dated 5/26/2005 6:52:11 PM Mountain Standard Time, obrien@rush.aero.org writes:</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>  I wish I could be more encouraging, but more power doesn't<BR>increase transmit range as you wish it would.  Ten times<BR>the power only gives you about three times the range, due to<BR>the inverse square law (details on request).</FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Even using the old Motorola 250 at 1/2 watt, I once talked to KC and Steve when they were out at Imperial and, at the same time, talked to Bill who was at Giant. I was at the Flood Overlook. And just yesterday, using the Motorola 6550 at 1 watt, I called out the Daisy time (from Daisy) and was clearly heard by Steve and Kitt who were at Silex... The point being that relatively low power can do the job... Don't atmospheric conditions (humidity, etc.) have a lot to do with this sort of thing?</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Scott Bryan</DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>