Hello so how much power to use in JT65 on 160 mts for DX ?
15-25 watts in OK on high bands, but how much pwr people are using on 160 mts? thanks, Jorge 2015-09-12 14:51 GMT-03:00 Jim Brown <[email protected]>: > On Sat,9/12/2015 7:33 AM, Mike Waters wrote: > >> How much of this was JT9? Is it ALL JT65? >> > > It's all JT65. > > Notice all the CQs going unanswered. Except for the Ukraine station, those > EU stations all had pretty good signals at your QTH, good enough that some > of the guys in W1/W2 should have copied them if they had decent ears. > > One of the issues with JT65 and JT9 is that many stations using it are > running QRP into wet strings, and they can't hear. A year or so ago, I ran > a sked with a guy in ND or SD running 20W or so. I copied him just fine, > but had to crank the amp to 400W to get him to hear me. > > The quality of the A/D converter also matters a lot. A good outboard sound > card will decode 10-12 dB further down into the noise than the sound cards > built into most computers. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > -- 73, Jorge CX6VM/CW5W _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
