Hi Glenn, I started using PSK31 many, many years ago, when it was first introduced by a ham in the UK. It was made very clear to operators that minimum power should always be used for a QSO. It was suggested that more than 10 watts was excessive. As mentioned in one of the other replies, many transmissions can fall within the receiver passband when using this mode. If you, or anyone else uses much higher power, that strongest signal will "take over" the passband on most receivers, spoiling other QSOs that are going on at the time.
I have noticed over the past five years or more there has been a steady increase in the power being used by thoughtless or unknowing operators. As a result of this power creep, I have drifted away from a mode that I once thoroughly enjoyed. With your KX3, you should not normally need an amp to use PSK31. Doug, VE3VS -- View this message in context: http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KPA100-recommended-max-power-for-digital-modes-tp7584537p7584569.html Sent from the Elecraft mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ______________________________________________________________ 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
