[Elecraft] KPA1500 and FT8

[Richard]

I suspect that most guys who feel it’s just fine and dandy to squirt legal limit FT8 signals all over the place have never been on the other end of that kind of inconsideration. Maybe if they saw how it virtually blots out waterfalls and generally makes life unpleasant for those who are following the accepted conventions, they’d have second thoughts.

Like maybe a better antenna.

Richard - W4KBX

> On Mar 3, 2018, at 3:01 PM, Carl Jón Denbow <n8vz at qth.com> wrote:
> 
> I feel all kinds of guilty if I pump it up to 110 watts on FT8 (or a JT mode) to bag a difficult station.  A gallon and a half is down right sinful. ;-)
> 
> 73,
> 
> Carl
> N8VZ
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Mar 3, 2018, at 2:50 PM, Dennis Moore <dennis at mail4life.net> wrote:
>> 
>> No, 1500 watts on FT8 is not normal.
>> 
>> 73, Dennis NJ6G
>> 
>> 
>>> On 3/3/2018 06:40, Carl Yaffey wrote:
>>> Tried full power on 20M FT8 this morning in order to work weak Russian. Temp gets as high as 75C. Loud fan kicks in. Hope this is normal.
>>> 
>>> Carl Yaffey  K8NU
>> 
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