[RTTY] PSK and waterfall

[F.R. Ashley]

ITs not the high power, its the overdriven signal behind that 600 watts!

73 Buddy WB4M


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat at copper.net>
To: "pcooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
Cc: <rtty at contesting.com>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 11:38 AM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] PSK and waterfall


> ORIGINAL MESSAGE:
>
> On Wed, 14 Feb 2007 13:58:51 +0000, "pcooper" <pcooper at guernsey.net>
> wrote:
>
>>But...the worst problem is some PSK'ers using extremely high power!
>>I watched some recently, and there were folk quite plainly saying they 
>>were running 600 watts!
>>Perhaps if they could see what happens at the other end, they might drop 
>>it back a little. PSK was devised to be a low power mode, and is really 
>>excellent fun at 10 watts or less.
>>Back when PSK first became available using Windows, I was regularly making 
>>contacts with less than one watt.
>
> ------------ REPLY FOLLOWS ------------
>
> Deep down in my heart I am a DXer first, contester a close second and
> rag chewer a distant third. It saddens me to see the "PSK is a low
> power mode" mantra repeated when with the addition of some steam, PSK
> could be a great DX mode. If you can work a certain distance with ten
> watts, high power will get you further. Simple physics.
>
> But I realize I'm swimming against the PSK tide, so for now I'll run
> RTTY high power for serious DXing.
>
> Sigh.
>
> 73, Bill W6WRT
>
>
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