[Elecraft] question for psk31 users

[Donehrlich at q.com]

Sidebars are a visual indication of signal distortion .. not the power 
level being transmitted.  You have a signal *quality* issue which is 
most often caused by overdriving .

Don K7FJ


On 4/30/2012 11:06 AM, KC6CNN wrote:
> I am now up and running on psk31.
> I had my power set to 25watts and all is well. If I try to increase it to 30
> watts, people say I have side bars. OK not sure what that is, but running 25
> watts.
> I see stations that say they are running 50 and even a 100 watts.
> How are they able to run so much power and I get the side bar things at 30
> watts.
>
> Guess I should ask also what are sidebars. lol
>
> Thanks
> Gerald - KC6CNN
>
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