On Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 9:56 AM, David Stratton <dstratt...@triad.rr.com> wrote: >...Will the KX3 be nearly as effective > > using data modes as it will be using CW?... ============ Dave, for miles-per-watt the king of the hill is JT-65HF. (However, it's not a whole lot of fun IMHO) Theoretically one can communicate with a signal path about 6 db weaker than needed for CW.
PSK and CW are about on a par theoretically. For SSB the signal path has to be about 9 db better than for CW or PSK. Of course, the above applies to any radio, KX3 or otherwise, QRP or QRO. Many hams have great fun using SSB with low-power radios. I guess I come from the other universe. Of the thousands of QRP contacts I've made, only one was on SSB. It was with Martti, OH2BH, who patiently spent about 3 minutes digging to get my call, one letter at a time. After that one I went back to CW. Tony KT0NY -- http://www.isb.edu/faculty/facultydir.aspx?ddlFaculty=352 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
