[Elecraft] Ideas for an FT8 Radio

[Carl J. Denbow]

While it's legal to run maximum power on FT8, or any other weak signal 
mode, it's certainly not in the spirit of the weak signal mode ethos  
Most weak-signal mode enthusiasts pride themselves on the worldwide 
contacts they can make with low wattage.  Many feel that 100 watts is 
QRO on these modes. Personally, I usually run about 35 watts, but I've 
had QSOs with stations in far-flung regions running power in the 
milliwatt range with a dipole up 20 feet.  That's the real attraction of 
these modes to many. And, until the advent of FT8, you heard very few 
stations running more than 100 watts on these modes.  FT8 seems to have 
attracted a whole different crowd.  Some of these, I think, view FT8 as 
a "the new RTTY" and operate according to the accepted operating 
procedures of that mode.  I view this trend as very unfortunate.

73,

Carl

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*Carl Jón Denbow, N8VZ*
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