Dito Carl, well said. I agree 100% Bill KC4IM
> On Jan 2, 2019, at 5:56 PM, Carl J. Denbow <[email protected]> wrote: > > While it's legal to run maximum power on FT8, or any other weak signal mode, > it's certainly not in the spirit of the weak signal mode ethos Most > weak-signal mode enthusiasts pride themselves on the worldwide contacts they > can make with low wattage. Many feel that 100 watts is QRO on these modes. > Personally, I usually run about 35 watts, but I've had QSOs with stations in > far-flung regions running power in the milliwatt range with a dipole up 20 > feet. That's the real attraction of these modes to many. And, until the > advent of FT8, you heard very few stations running more than 100 watts on > these modes. FT8 seems to have attracted a whole different crowd. Some of > these, I think, view FT8 as a "the new RTTY" and operate according to the > accepted operating procedures of that mode. I view this trend as very > unfortunate. > > 73, > > Carl > > ====================================== > *Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ* > 17 Coventry Lane Athens, Ohio 45701-3718 > <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > www.n8vz.com <http://www.n8vz.com/> > > EM89wh > IRLP 4533 Echolink 116070 > > PSK and JT65 Forever! > ====================================== > ______________________________________________________________ > 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]
