Topband: 160M JT65HF

[Darl DEEDS]

I was under the impression that JT65 was a weak signal mode. 600 watts seems 
a lot for that. Is that a normal power level for that? I was hoping to work 
it without an amplifier.

Darl  NA8W

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From: "Jim Brown" <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>
Sent: Saturday, December 31, 2011 2:00 PM
To: <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: 160M JT65HF

> On 12/30/2011 9:14 AM, Joe Subich, W4TV wrote:
>> Most JT65 activity is relatively low power - typically between 10 and
>> 50 watts on HF.
>
> I fired up on 1838 last night running 600W to my usual Tee vertical. In
> about two hours, I worked about 15 guys in 10 states, including XE1, VT
> and NC, all of whom were running less than 30 watts. I left the JT65HF
> software running all night, and when I came into the shack this morning
> saw activity from at least a dozen stations.
>
> Another point -- while I was making those Qs, there were often at least
> two other QSOs going on simultaneously, mostly with somewhat different
> frequency offsets -- plus or minus as much as 500 Hz.  The JT65 software
> protocol and decoder are quite good at looking only for the desired
> signal, and JT65HF software can decode several signals at the same time.
>
> 73, Jim K9YC
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