[RTTY] Yaesu RTTY power

[Jeff Blaine]

The FT2K is a nice rig on PSK.  It's virtually impossible to make a wide signal with it.  Very insensitive to the ALC setting.  And 
it's as clean (32db or better) at full output and half output.

For the duty cycle, that's not an issue either.  Yaesu says "more than a few minutes" you should consider reducing power.  Unless 
you are prone to 15 minute transmissions, not something to worry about.  I run RTTY all the time and have yet to kill the radio. 
Not for lack of trying though!

Good luck.

73, Jeff ACØC
www.ac0c.com

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ktfrog007 at aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:21 PM
To: rtty at contesting.com
Subject: [RTTY] Yaesu RTTY power

Hi Bill,

Roger.  FT-2K.  Way more rig than I need, but I got it at a good  price.

In contests I always run full power.  For rag chewing, which is mostly  on
PSK, I run 30-40W.  At my 40 & 80M station, in the basement, I  have an old
TS-940S.  I follow the same rule there.

Kermit, AB1J


In a message dated 1/16/2011 5:49:37 P.M. GMT Standard Time,
dezrat1242 at yahoo.com writes:

>
>I run my rig at full power on RTTY in contests although 50% is  the
>recommendation.

REPLY:

I'm guessing you have  a Yaesu, right? Yaesu recommends a 50% duty cycle,
but I have had a couple  of Yaesus in the past and ran them at full power
on RTTY with no  problem.

Normally I don't recommend exceeding a manufacturer's ratings,  but I
have always felt Yaesu was being overly conservative.

Comments fro other Yaesu owners?

73, Bill  W6WRT

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