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 <jim@audiosystemsgroup.com>:
> 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
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Jorge
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