[Elecraft] Legal Limit With FT8

[Bob McGraw]

Hams will be hams.   "Hey, I paid a lot of money for my equipment and 
I'll use it as I please. "  I find it very unfortunate and very 
concerning the social discipline of hams today is mostly non-existent.

Legally, and it has always been this way, one should use only the 
necessary power with mode to effectively communicate.  I suppose ones 
lacking translation and understanding is "to effectively communicate".   
Hams need to understand how to operate smarter and not "with more 
power".  Any idiot can plunk down several $K and operate with more 
power.   But smarter, .......that takes knowledge and skill.

73

Bob, K4TAX


On 11/11/2021 10:32 AM, elecraft-request at mailman.qth.net wrote:
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> 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