Hams will be hams. "Hey, I paid a lot of money for my equipment and
I'll use it as I please. " I find it very unfortunate and very
concerning the social discipline of hams today is mostly non-existent.
Legally, and it has always been this way, one should use only the
necessary power with mode to effectively communicate. I suppose ones
lacking translation and understanding is "to effectively communicate".
Hams need to understand how to operate smarter and not "with more
power". Any idiot can plunk down several $K and operate with more
power. But smarter, .......that takes knowledge and skill.
73
Bob, K4TAX
On 11/11/2021 10:32 AM, [email protected] wrote:
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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 23:03:32 -0500
From: Richard<[email protected]>
To: Elecraft Mailing List<[email protected]>
Subject: [Elecraft] Legal Limit With FT8
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I had a discussion about this sort of madness with Joe Taylor, creator of FT8
and WSJT-X. Here's what he had to say about it:
"Hi Richard,
"Yes, it's annoying when people engage in a QRO arms race to make more QSOs or
make them more quickly with FT8. Using high power is one thing when conditions
demand it, as with some 160 m DX paths, for example. It's quite another thing when
high power is not required to make the QSO, but only to help you get through first.
"However, it has always been thus, and there's not much anyone can do about it.
As a general rule it's often useful to move up above 2500 Hz or so, audio frequency.
Or even to set your dial frequency 1 kHz higher than the default for a band.
"We are also thinking about suggesting a "QRP FT8 sub-band" in which power
should be limited to 10 W (say).
"-- 73, Joe, K1JT"
Richard
W4KBX
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