[SEDXC] LOW BAND DX

[Joe Subich, W4TV]

> Can someone enlighten me on this? Have I been hobbling myself on HF 
 > unnecessarily at 25W (50-70W on ATNO occasions)?

Joe Taylor has *never* called his modes "low power" modes - he refers
to them specifically as *weak signal* modes.  They are designed for
operation at lower *received signal levels* - for example EME where
high transmit power and high gain antennas are used on paths with a
very high loss.  The same applies to meteor scatter and tropo scatter
- again where high transmit powers and high gain antennas are used to
overcome high path losses.

73,

    ... Joe, W4TV


On 2018-12-24 9:04 PM, Scott Straw wrote:
> I have heard other say they they are QRO (100W+) in FT8 mode on HF.  I have been under the impression/delusion that FT8 (as well as all of the Joe Taylor-spawned modes) was a “low power” mode, i.e. 50W or less, preferably much less, on HF.  Of course Satellite and EME are a different discussion.
> 
> Can someone enlighten me on this? Have I been hobbling myself on HF unnecessarily at 25W (50-70W on ATNO occasions)?
> 
> Thanks in advance for the lessons...
> 
> 
> Scott, KB4KBS
> Roswell, Georgia USA
> (EM74)
> Sent from my iPhone6
>