[Elecraft] FT8: "Magic radio"?

[Keith Onishi]

I restrict myself to work FT8 with 5W output for 20m to 10m bands where I can use 2 elements quad up about 20 meter.
Although QSO sometimes depends on other station’s receiving capability, 5W is good enough to work many DX stations around the world including long path west Africa and EU.
To work with DX stations in east-asia and OC, I sometime reduce output power to 1W or less.

Working DXs with very small power is really great fun.

73 de JH3SIF, Keith

> 2018/07/04 12:42、Richard <FlatHat at comcast.net>のメール:
> 
> Glad to see someone else enjoying the reality of FT8. 
> 
> For all those who are running huge power because they think that’s what it takes to work FT8 DX — ruining the enjoyment of others in the process — consider this. 
> 
> About a week ago, from my little central Florida station, running 75 watts into a hex beam up just 30 feet, I worked 25 Australian stations nearly in a row in the space of 90 minutes. All were over 9000 miles, 11 were over 10,000 miles, and 4 were over 11,000 to 12,000 miles. It was a BALL!
> 
> It was amazing but not all that unusual. The fun is catching big ones on light tackle, not shooting them in a barrel with a 12-gauge.
> 
> Cheers,
> Richard - W4KBX
> 
>> But if you're willing to accept the tradeoff you can make QSO's that would otherwise be IMPOSSIBLE.
>> 
>> I worked an HA the other night using FT8 with no repeats needed, and I didn't even see his signal on the waterfall. That's a Q that could not have been made otherwise.  I like it!
>> 
>> 73,
>> --Lenny W2BVH
>> 
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