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@aol.com
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2011 12:21 PM
To: rtty@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@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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