Loaded question.....
You'll get numerous replies to this question...
Personally I use the idea of checking hamspots.net to see what my signal
reports look like. If the majority of sig reports are < 0dB I figure I'm OK.
The nice part of FT8 and such modes is they really don't interefer with anybody
unless you're right on top of them and your audio is clean...and everybody is
getting better at clean audio these days....the way you're running for example
of 50W into a 100W setting on the rig means you won't generate any harmonics.
Almost invariably when somebody gives me a + report they have a beam. Once in
a while propagation is really good between two spots and you'll get a booming
signal report but if you check hamspots.net you'll find it's just that one
station and maybe a couple more with the majority of sig reports < 0dB.
You've people out there running 1000W or more into a 10dB gain antenna for an
effective 10,000W station....so don't be shy....
de Mike W9MDB
On Thursday, May 2, 2019, 8:44:33 AM CDT, Topher Petty <ai8...@gmail.com>
wrote:
I'm simply curious about one thing...
What TX power levels does everyone run while working FT-8?
I don't own an amplifier, and generally run at around 50W output on an IC-718.
I know I *CAN* push it to 100W (50% duty cycle) but I like to leave some
"headroom" to keep the radio cool while working digital modes.
I do this by setting the rig's TX power to maximum ("H"), and only pushing the
audio until I hit around 50 Watts.
What power levels are considered "acceptable" for FT-8, and what are considered
best-practices for limiting power output?
Thanks in advance for any insight.
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