Yes it matters. The short version is that your receiving ability may exceed that of the other stations noise floor.
Just because my noise floor is generally -130 or quieter doesn’t mean their noise is equally quiet. If they can’t reduce noise further, you need to present more signal. With my quiet environment I base my output power on the signal I receive, if loud, low output; if weak, ramp it up. Rick NK7I Smell Czech corruptions are inevitable > On Apr 5, 2020, at 6:09 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > My only rig is a kx3 so I have no experience at high power. With digital > modes, does it matter at the receiving end whether the signal is -15db or > 1db? Will not both signals be decoded the same way? With high power is it > your practice to start with lower levels and work your way up or do you go > for broke from the start? I understand the advantage of higher power with > modes that you actually have to use your ears to make sense of things. > > Brian VE3GMZ > > > > Sent via BlackBerry Hub+ Inbox for Android ______________________________________________________________ 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]
