Folks, this endless topic has been discussed before in depth on thenlist and is available in the archives. In the interest of keeping list volume and SNR reasonable, lets end this thread.
In general, please take discussions and arguments about appropriate power levels for any mode off list for discussion. 73, Eric Moderater elecraft.com _..._ > On Oct 17, 2018, at 3:13 PM, Wes Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 >> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >> >> 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 >> Dubus-NA Business mail: >> [email protected] >> ______________________________________________________________ >> 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 >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
