MINIMUM POWER NECESSARY

[KENT TRIMBLE]

The actual FCC regulation (47 CFR 97.313) reads:

“An amateur station must use the minimum transmitter power necessary to carry out the DESIRED  communications” (my capitalization).

In operating my own station I assign primary importance to the term “desired communication” and secondary importance to the term “minumum necessary.”

Because ...

I may be able to communicate with another station at 5 watts under significant QSB conditions.  But if my desire is to transmit to that same station with 100% accuracy a message containing  life-and-death implications, maximum power necessary is the only appropriate decision, as the wisely-worded FCC clause implies.

73,

Kent  K9ZTV



> On Aug 17, 2018, at 3:24 PM, someone wrote:
>
> That's why during every QSO I ask my partner, "Can you still hear me?"  If he says, "Yes", I reduce power and ask again.  Eventually, we determine the minimum power necessary.  

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[Eric Swartz - WA6HHQ]

And with that, let's close this thread now before it veers into a discussion pro
and con on the legality of running different power levels.

In general, in the interest of keeping list volume under control and discussions
polite, we prefer FCC rule and policy discussions, along with other amateur
radio policy related topics not be discussed on the elecraft list.
73,
Eric
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On 8/17/2018 2:29 PM, K9ZTV wrote:
> The actual FCC regulation (47 CFR 97.313) reads:
>
> ...

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