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You do not need to run 250w on ft8
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Remember FT8 is a weak signal mode not a low power mode.
A perfect example this morning working a ZL on 80 meters I decoded him at -24. I started at 200 Watts no reply. At 400 Watts no reply. I continued replying increasing power in 200 Watt increments. Finally at 1200 Watts he gave me a -18 and I gave him a -20. Of course I do not know how much power he was running on his end or his receive antenna situation. Even at 1500 Watts your signal can be weak (weak signal mode) to the station you are attempting to work. Mark, WB9CIF -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] <[hidden email]> On Behalf Of TJ Campie Sent: Friday, March 22, 2019 18:03 To: Elecraft <[hidden email]> Subject: [Elecraft] (no subject) You do not need to run 250w on ft8 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Actually if you are trying to work a station who is -24 and that station is running 1500 watts then you probably won’t work him with 250 watts.
It is a weak signal mode. Run power appropriate to what is needed to make a contact. Now if that station at 1500 watts is +10 then you can work him on a lot less than 250 watts. The point is under certain conditions it is NOT a low power mode. Dave wo2x Sent from my waxed string and tin cans. > On Mar 22, 2019, at 2:03 PM, TJ Campie <[hidden email]> wrote: > > You do not need to run 250w on ft8 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Tom,
Where did you come up with one does not need to run more than 250 W using FT8?? I have never read that anywhere in the literature I have read about FT8. How many countries have you worked on 160M using 50 or so watts? I have worked more than one country on 160M using 1500 watts feeding a pair of phased verticals and have received a signal report below -20db. I highly doubt 250W would have been sufficient. A good rule is to run the minimum power necessary to make the contact; and yes, many times 250W is way more than you need. Dick, K8ZTT Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Mar 22, 2019 at 20:03, TJ Campie<[hidden email]> wrote: You do not need to run 250w on ft8 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
Re: FT8 Power Level thread..
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Folks - The pro/con appropriate power level discussion on FT8 is a repeat of a
huge prior thread. (Search the nabble archive at: https://elecraft.com/pages/community ) Let's end the thread for now to avoid this one expanding any further. Unlike FT8 we need a fairly high signal to noise ratio here. ;-) In general, please try to avoid getting into arguments on the list over what is the 'proper' power to run for any mode of operation. Like politics, these discussions can be endless with strong options on every side that can easily take up too much list b/w. 73, Eric Moderator and other stuff.. /elecraft.com/ ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I strongly agree with this. Years ago, I had a similar experience with
JT65 on 160M in a sked with a station in ND. He decoded at -12 and said he was running 40 or 50W, so I called him at that power level. No response, so I increased power in 2X (3dB) steps until he answered. I had to get to the top of the KPA500 before he responded. I'm convinced that most hams have high noise levels, much of the noise produced by stuff in their own homes that they have not bothered to get rid of. Here's my tutorial on doing that. http://k9yc.com/KillingReceiveNoise.pdf and slides for my talk at Visalia two years ago. http://k9yc.com/KillingRXNoiseVisalia.pdf 50W IS plenty of power for most QSOs on the HF bands, but it is NOT for 5,000 mile paths on 160M, or multi-hop E-skip on 6M. I'm about 70 miles S of San Francisco (which puts EU in the range of 5,000 - 6,500 miles and over the polar region to get there) with a pretty decent antenna farm, including both a Beverage and pair of phased loops beamed to EU. For at least three years I never heard a single EU station on CW, heard only three this year, and running 1500W, managed to work only one of them. Running FT8 on 160M this season, I made about 20 QSOs to EU, 10 of them new countries on the band. I had to run 1500W to do it, and I made lots of calls to stations who were in the range of -12 to -22. I'm also trying to finish 160M QRP WAS, and need VT and SC. Unfortunately, the stations working FT8 in those states are either noise limited, or don't have (or don't use) RX antennas pointed in this direction. I've had similar experience on 6M -- I regularly give better signal reports than I receive. OTOH, I AM bothered by stations constantly CQing on 160M running high power when the band is not open to DX, and working less than 1,000 miles. I almost never call CQ, but rather find a clear spot to TX, lock my TX to that frequency, and wait for decodes on stations I want to work. DXpeditions are often the easiest to work with low power, because they have very good operators, take both RX and TX antennas seriously, and mostly work to keep noise levels low. I often work DXpeditions with 5W. 73, Jim K9YC On 3/22/2019 12:51 PM, RIchard Williams via Elecraft wrote: > Where did you come up with one does not need to run more than 250 W using FT8?? I have never read that anywhere in the literature I have read about FT8. > How many countries have you worked on 160M using 50 or so watts? I have worked more than one country on 160M using 1500 watts feeding a pair of phased verticals and have received a signal report below -20db. I highly doubt 250W would have been sufficient. > A good rule is to run the minimum power necessary to make the contact; and yes, many times 250W is way more than you need. ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Debunked too many times to mention.
On 3/22/2019 11:03 AM, TJ Campie wrote: > You do not need to run 250w on ft8 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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