I find that once I set the my ALC right, 25 watts gave me plenty of power. I worked Ukraine, Spain, France last night.. saw a station in Israel but he faded to fast. It was awesome! Thanks for all the help getting my setup right. Hope to chat with you all on PSK. Thanks Gerald - KC6CNN On May 2, 2012 6:43 AM, "briana" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Guys, > > This rational is bogus. The PSK users have to get used to decoding one > signal at a time with narrow filters if that's what is necessary. To > expect to have 2 or 3 KHz free of strong signals is crazy. > > Dealing with this reality puts the burden on the receiving end. No way > can you control what the rest of the wold does. This isn't the Magic > Kingdom. > > Given that PSK is a narrow bandwidth mode, why not use that to your > advantage? > > Other modes deal with strong adjacent signals, why not PSK? > > You bought a K3 for its high dynamic range and high adjacent signal > handling capability. Why not use it for this purpose? > > Of course the argument ignores all the laws of physics and > propagation. I suggest you run some VOACAP prediction calculations > with 25 watts and look at what you can't work with 25-75 watts. You > may not be interested in working the other side of the world, but others > are. > > PSK isn't magic. > > 73 de Brian/K3KO > > > > > > On 5/1/2012 11:46 PM, Jon Perelstein wrote: > > Eric KG6MZS asked why wouldn't you run more than 70w on PSK > > > > Because with the close spacing of signals in the various PSK sub-bands, > a > > signal of more than about 50watts will completely annihilate all the > other > > PSK signals and make that sub-band unusable for everyone else. The rule > of > > thumb for being polite on PSK is to operate 25-30w max. I won't claim > that > > there aren't some who are operating more (you Cuban stations know who you > > are), but many/most of us will avoid QSOs with people who are obviously > > running 50w+ > > > > 73s > > Jon, WB2RYV > > ______________________________________________________________ > > Elecraft mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 10.0.1424 / Virus Database: 2411/4972 - Release Date: 05/01/12 > > > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
