[Amps] FT8 power with the KPA1500

[Jim Brown]

Hi Tom,

WSJT modes are WEAK SIGNAL modes, NOT LOW POWER modes. Yes, the 35-40W 
suggestions are for operation on HF, are entirely appropriate -- UNLESS 
more power is needed to get over the RX noise level of the station that 
you're trying to work.

These levels are NOT appropriate for 6,000 mile paths on 160M (for me, 
Northern Cal to EU), or the wildly variable propagation on 6M, where the 
signal to noise ratio can go from +30 dB to -20 dB over the course of a 
few minutes.

And I've been a CW op for 65 years! I regularly contest around 30wpm

73, Jim K9YC

On 7/8/2021 1:31 PM, Thomas Walsh wrote:
> Well if you read the ft8 manual, it suggested not running more than say 35 or 40w,
> this is (or was) a low power weak signal mode! With all you guys running legal limit
> it has become the channel 19 of the ham bands. Sure glad I'm proficient on CW!
> Where the real DX is..