Hi Chen,
I am replying to you post from last week because of an
incident that happened today. My comment below:
> -----Original Message-----
> bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of Kok Chen
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 07:49 PM
> snip <
> > Truth is 1500 watts on PSK will rule the day!!!!!
>
> There are more nuances than that.
>
> snip <
>
> Unless you are talking about overcoming QRM that is
> right on top of your signal, increasing power will
> not help get you get through any better. And a QSY
> works better anyway when that happens.
>
> This is why seasoned PSK31 ops use low power. Very-low-
> power.
> Because there is no reason to do otherwise. From
> practice, they have
> learned that increasing power won't do any good -- their
> real life
> experiences confirm theory.
>
> snip <
>
> 73
> Chen, W7AY
I tried to work A25/DL7DF on 17 meter PSK31 today. Keeping
your PSK power posting on the RTTY reflector in mind, I
called and called with 200 watts but only Europe was getting
through. I never heard him work any US stations. I decided
to try it with the amp on running about 700 watts. Again,
keeping your email in mind, I kept input way down, well
below any alc meter movement. I got through in a couple of
calls. BTW he'd been on RTTY a little earlier on 17 meters
and I couldn't copy him at all. Since PSK counts towards
RTTY DXCC I'm happy.
Chen, I'm curious; your thoughts?
73 Art W2NRA
"Keep to the code!"
w2nra.com
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