I was under the impression that JT65 was a weak signal mode. 600 watts seems a lot for that. Is that a normal power level for that? I was hoping to work it without an amplifier.
Darl NA8W -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jim Brown" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:00 PM To: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Topband: 160M JT65HF > On 12/30/2011 9:14 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote: >> Most JT65 activity is relatively low power - typically between 10 and >> 50 watts on HF. > > I fired up on 1838 last night running 600W to my usual Tee vertical. In > about two hours, I worked about 15 guys in 10 states, including XE1, VT > and NC, all of whom were running less than 30 watts. I left the JT65HF > software running all night, and when I came into the shack this morning > saw activity from at least a dozen stations. > > Another point -- while I was making those Qs, there were often at least > two other QSOs going on simultaneously, mostly with somewhat different > frequency offsets -- plus or minus as much as 500 Hz. The JT65 software > protocol and decoder are quite good at looking only for the desired > signal, and JT65HF software can decode several signals at the same time. > > 73, Jim K9YC > _______________________________________________ > UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK > _______________________________________________ UR RST IS ... ... ..9 QSB QSB - hw? BK
