[Elecraft] KPA1500 and FT8

[Ken G Kopp]

Yes Chuck, almost impossible to counter ignorance ... (;-)

73!

K0PP

On Sat, Mar 3, 2018, 13:11 Chuck Milam, N9KY <N9KY at arrl.net> wrote:

> I see we are about to enter the dead horse beating ceremony over FT8 power
> levels, as I’ve seen on other groups ad naseum.  Suggest checking the FT8
> developers’ comments on the difference between  “low power” and “weak
> signal” modes, before we enter the circular argument process.
>
> 73,
>
> Chuck, N9KY
>
> On Sat, Mar 3, 2018 at 13:59 Richard <FlatHat at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> > YIKES! I’d say that’s about 30 times what’s considered normal and polite!
> >
> > Richard - W4KBX
> >
> > > 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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