10 watts??? really? That is QRO power..
Try ONE watt on 160.. cw.!! Have a great day, --... ...-- Dale - WC7S in Wy "Actions speak louder than words" 1856 - Abraham Lincoln ________________________________ From: Topband <[email protected]> on behalf of Brian Pease <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 15, 2017 6:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Topband: Top Band and JT65 10 Watts is considered high power on the digital modes. Is using 1000 Watts on 160m (+20dB) and 250Hz receive filters (+10dB) on both ends of a CW QSO more challenging than 10W on JT65 on the same link? Perhaps not. On 5/15/2017 7:44 PM, Jim Murray via Topband wrote: > I hate to weigh in on this since it's been beaten to death already but > just another opinion. Over the years I've tried several digital modes > starting with psk31. There weren't many signals on the band at that time > but now I see there are many. Not to long ago I ventured into JT65 and JT9. > Quite a learning curve for an Ol'timer. I considered all the digital > operation as something new to learn for a change and enjoyed the learning > part. Once I got everything running properly I would begin to loose > interest. To me, just not the challenge of dxing mostly cw and ssb. Seems > the biggest skill comes from the people who write the software like Joe > Taylor or Peter Martinez. From that point you just click the mouse or type > on the keyboard. Very impersonal at times using F key exchanges etc.. But, > that's just ones opinion. Whatever floats your boat. > > Jimk2hn > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband Topband Archives - Contesting Online Home<http://www.contesting.com/_topband> www.contesting.com Topband Mailing List Archives. Search String: [How to search] Display: ... > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband Topband Archives - Contesting Online Home<http://www.contesting.com/_topband> www.contesting.com Topband Mailing List Archives. Search String: [How to search] Display: ... _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband
