Topband: Sept 12 JT65 on 1838khz...nice opening to Eu.

[Brian Pease]

JT-65 is a QRP mode, like WSPR where I use10W.  High power can ruin it 
for everyone else.  Read the documentation.

On 3/17/2017 8:36 AM, Lennart m wrote:
> I do not agree with you Pedro. More is not always better. Use no more than you need. JT65 allows more noise than does CW, thus one doesn’t need as much power.
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> Len
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> Hi Jorge
> Hi Jorge
> JT65 is no diferent from CW or SSB, more power is better...use no more than 50% of your amplifier power, if you have an extra fan use it on top of your amplifier..
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> Pedro - ct1ekd
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> Citando Jorge Diez - CX6VM <cx6vm.jorge at gmail.com>:
>
>> Hello
>>
>> so how much power to use in JT65 on 160 mts for DX ?
>>
>> 15-25 watts in OK on high bands, but how much pwr people are using on
>> 160 mts?
>>
>> thanks,
>> Jorge
>>
>> 2015-09-12 14:51 GMT-03:00 Jim Brown <jim at audiosystemsgroup.com>:
>>> On Sat,9/12/2015 7:33 AM, Mike Waters wrote:
>>>> How much of this was JT9? Is it ALL JT65?
>>> It's all JT65.
>>>
>>> Notice all the CQs going unanswered. Except for the Ukraine station,
>>> those EU stations all had pretty good signals at your QTH, good
>>> enough that some of the guys in W1/W2 should have copied them if they had decent ears.
>>>
>>> One of the issues with JT65 and JT9 is that many stations using it
>>> are running QRP into wet strings, and they can't hear. A year or so
>>> ago, I ran a sked with a guy in ND or SD running 20W or so. I copied
>>> him just fine, but had to crank the amp to 400W to get him to hear me.
>>>
>>> The quality of the A/D converter also matters a lot. A good outboard
>>> sound card will decode 10-12 dB further down into the noise than the
>>> sound cards built into most computers.
>>>
>>> 73, Jim K9YC
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>> 73,
>> Jorge
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