10 watts??? really?
That is QRO power..
Try ONE watt on 160.. cw.!!
Have a great day,
--... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy
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From: Topband <topband-bounces@contesting.com> on behalf of Brian Pease
<bpease2@myfairpoint.net>
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 6:41 PM
To: topband@contesting.com
Subject: Re: Topband: Top Band and JT65
10 Watts is considered high power on the digital modes. Is using 1000
Watts on 160m (+20dB) and 250Hz receive filters (+10dB) on both ends of
a CW QSO more challenging than 10W on JT65 on the same link? Perhaps not.
On 5/15/2017 7:44 PM, Jim Murray via Topband wrote:
> I hate to weigh in on this since it's been beaten to death already but
> just another opinion. Over the years I've tried several digital modes
> starting with psk31. There weren't many signals on the band at that time
> but now I see there are many. Not to long ago I ventured into JT65 and JT9.
> Quite a learning curve for an Ol'timer. I considered all the digital
> operation as something new to learn for a change and enjoyed the learning
> part. Once I got everything running properly I would begin to loose
> interest. To me, just not the challenge of dxing mostly cw and ssb. Seems
> the biggest skill comes from the people who write the software like Joe
> Taylor or Peter Martinez. From that point you just click the mouse or type
> on the keyboard. Very impersonal at times using F key exchanges etc.. But,
> that's just ones opinion. Whatever floats your boat.
>
> Jimk2hn
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