[Elecraft] Legal Limit With FT8

[Richard]

I had a discussion about this sort of madness with Joe Taylor, creator of FT8 and WSJT-X. Here's what he had to say about it:

"Hi Richard,

"Yes, it's annoying when people engage in a QRO arms race to make more QSOs or make them more quickly with FT8. Using high power is one thing when conditions demand it, as with some 160 m DX paths, for example. It's quite another thing when high power is not required to make the QSO, but only to help you get through first.

"However, it has always been thus, and there's not much anyone can do about it. As a general rule it's often useful to move up above 2500 Hz or so, audio frequency. Or even to set your dial frequency 1 kHz higher than the default for a band.

"We are also thinking about suggesting a "QRP FT8 sub-band" in which power should be limited to 10 W (say).

	"-- 73, Joe, K1JT"

Richard
W4KBX