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INTERFACE CONNECTED TO THE LAPTOP COMPUTERS SERIAL PORT.  THE OPPOSITE END
OF THE INTERFACE WAS CONNECTED TO A FOUR PIN DIN PLUG, WHICH WAS ATTACHED
TO THE REAR PANEL RTTY JACK.  ONCE AGAIN, THE FTDX9000D PERFORMED QUITE
WELL, GENERATING AN EXCEPTIONALLY CLEAN RTTY SIGNAL.  DURING THE VOLTA RTTY
CONTEST, WE HAD A UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY TO TEST THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE
FTDX9000DS 200 W OUTPUT IN POOR PROPAGATION CONDITIONS.  WOULD IT REALLY
MAKE A DIFFERENCE?  AS STATED EARLIER, WE OPERATED AT 100 W MOST OF THE
TIME, BUT ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WE BUMPED THE OUTPUT TO 200 W WHEN IT BECAME
OBVIOUS THAT THE OTHER STATION WAS NOT COPYING W1HQS SIGNAL WELL.  IN EACH
CASE, THE 3 DB INCREASE APPARENTLY MADE THE CRITICAL DIFFERENCE, ALLOWING
US TO COMPLETE THE CONTACTS.  THE FTDX9000D ON 6 METERS REVIEWED BY DENNIS
MOTSCHENBACHER, K7BV, SALES MARKETING MANAGER GIVE ME THE RADIO.  GIVE ME
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