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takes to make the contact, especially on EME and Meteor Scatter. It is
On 1/2/2019 5:56 PM, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
> While it's legal to run maximum power on FT8, or any other weak signal
> mode, it's certainly not in the spirit of the weak signal mode ethos
> Most weak-signal mode enthusiasts pride themselves on the worldwide
> contacts they can make with low wattage. Many feel that 100 watts is
> QRO on these modes. Personally, I usually run about 35 watts, but I've
> had QSOs with stations in far-flung regions running power in the
> milliwatt range with a dipole up 20 feet. That's the real attraction
> of these modes to many. And, until the advent of FT8, you heard very
> few stations running more than 100 watts on these modes. FT8 seems to
> have attracted a whole different crowd. Some of these, I think, view
> FT8 as a "the new RTTY" and operate according to the accepted
> operating procedures of that mode. I view this trend as very
> unfortunate.
>
> 73,
>
> Carl
>
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