Ed,
Not picking on you personally either but I fail to understand this attitude that
because some digital mode or another can make QSOs with 10 mW on some path,
everyone else should run only10 mW.
I consider my K3S + KPA500 to be a 500W transceiver (with push buttons for
selecting bands) and that's the way I run it. Often, especially when I'm
beating myself up on 160, I wish for more power. When some of my DX club buddies
tease me about running QRP should I ask them to lower their power so we have parity?
Wes N7WS
ps: When I ran 2-meter EME 30 years ago we actually heard the signals by ear.
On 10/17/2018 1:34 PM, Edward R Cole wrote:
Bob,
A question about your statement that you run 400w in digital modes (assuming
you mean FT8, etc. and not RTTY). That seems pretty extreme.
I pretty much ignore HF usage as I am not on HF very much (primarily an eme'er
on 6m+). But back at the beginnings of psk-31 I built a HB interface* for my
FT-847 and did a bit of 14.070 operating (with a dipole). I was recommended
to not exceeding 25w (or 25% full power). Everyone seemed to do quite well on
psk-31 with low power and some ran at QRP (<5w).
I do not get why I hear of running high power digital when 10% would
communicate easily. You may remonstrate me for running 2m-eme at 1500w on
JT-65 but the path loss on 2m-eme is 254 dB+ and contacts are made over a
half-million mile path. Certainly not encountered by terrestrial HF users.
Not picking on you personally, but you made the statement so figure maybe
would reply. Just curious.
73, Ed - KL7UW
* that I/F later was used for JT-65 on eme 15 years ago. Now use my K3
directly connected.
Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2018 16:59:15 -0500
From: Bob McGraw K4TAX <[email protected]>
To: "Dauer, Edward" <[email protected]>
Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] KPA500 Clicks & Pops
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I do run 400 watts or so on digital modes. Issues are not really noted on SSB
or CW modes.
I've set the Fan Ctr to 2 and 3 and still noted the issue
Was recently showing my K Line to some hams friends. They commented rather
negatively on the point.
Bob, K4TAX
73, Ed - KL7UW
http://www.kl7uw.com
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