When that happens to me, I just ensure that I TX at the same time as the
STRONG signal, at the oppsite end of the audio passband, it usually
works good and allows me to make contacts.
Gordon - N1MGO
On 11/11/2021 8:16 AM, Richard wrote:
There's a major jerk who lives within about 20 miles of me who runs BIG power
with FT8. When he's on the air, he blots out my K3S so his is the only signal
on the waterfall, the only signal the decoder sees. When his BIG POWER is on
the air, I can't be. And he's made it clear that he doesn't care what he does
to anyone else's enjoyment. Power for power's sake is contagious.
On the other hand, I've made several 10,000 to 11,000 mile Australian contacts
with 15 watts and a hex beam at 30 feet.
Richard
W4KBX
On Nov 11, 2021, at 2:17 AM, Jim Brown <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
On 11/10/2021 10:36 PM, Rick Tavan wrote:
I must be missing something.
Hi Rick,
FT8 and similar modes are weak signal modes, and for difficult paths, it's all
about signal to noise, not signal to QRM. For several seasons, I've been
running legal limit to fill in DXCC to eastern EU on 160M. During the summer,
many of us run legal limit and lots of aluminum on 6M for weak and brief
multi-hop Es openings to fill in missing grids in search of the Fred Fish
award. We also run power for meteor scatter, and most who do moonbounce run
legal limit.
The fundamental GOOD reason for power is RX noise on the other end of the QSO.
I regularly give signal reports 10-15 dB better than I receive, simply because
most hams are bathed in electronic noise from their own homes and those of
their neighbors. Noise levels have increased drastically over the years. When I
first moved to W6 in 2006, I could work EU on CW. Not a lot, but at least 3-4
QSOs per year, sometimes more. In the last six years, I've HEARD 6 CW signals
from EU, and only two heard me. And my 160M antenna farm is better today than
it was then.
73, Jim K9YC
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