[Elecraft] question for psk users

[Vic K2VCO]

I'm very ignorant on the subject, having made exactly one PSK QSO in my life. But wouldn't 
propagation, antennas, etc. all have a bearing on signal strength at a given location? 
Dipole vs. beam makes a greater difference than 25 vs 50 watts.

On 5/1/2012 8:46 PM, Jon Perelstein wrote:
> Eric KG6MZS asked why wouldn't you run more than 70w on PSK
>
> Because with the close spacing of signals in the various PSK  sub-bands, a
> signal of more than about 50watts will completely annihilate all the other
> PSK signals and make that sub-band unusable for everyone else.  The rule of
> thumb for being polite on PSK is to operate 25-30w max.  I won't claim that
> there aren't some who are operating more (you Cuban stations know who you
> are), but many/most of us will avoid QSOs with people who are obviously
> running 50w+
>
> 73s
> Jon, WB2RYV


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