Doug,
While low power may have been the recommendation, I started in PSK31 in
2000 when I had only a K2/10. I ran it in the 5 to 10 watt range. When
I revealed my power level, many ops asked why I was running only that
much power.
So the "push for higher power" has been going on since shortly after the
beginning of PSK31.
While I do use it occasionally, that factor and the preponderance of
"hello, brag sheet, goodbye" QSOs has soured me on the mode. It used to
be a lot of keyboard to keyboard ragchew QSOs, but that is rare these
days. No opportunity to get to know something about the ham you are in
QSO with.
73,
Don W3FPR
On 2/22/2014 5:05 PM, Doug VE3VS wrote:
Hi Glenn,
I started using PSK31 many, many years ago, when it was first introduced by
a ham in the UK. It was made very clear to operators that minimum power
should always be used for a QSO. It was suggested that more than 10 watts
was excessive. As mentioned in one of the other replies, many transmissions
can fall within the receiver passband when using this mode. If you, or
anyone else uses much higher power, that strongest signal will "take over"
the passband on most receivers, spoiling other QSOs that are going on at the
time.
I have noticed over the past five years or more there has been a steady
increase in the power being used by thoughtless or unknowing operators. As a
result of this power creep, I have drifted away from a mode that I once
thoroughly enjoyed.
With your KX3, you should not normally need an amp to use PSK31.
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