Re: Calibrating external amp, CW vs FT8 readings

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Bill, WB6JJJ #36925 Being a single tone sent at a time, I don’t understand why my ICOM PW-1 amplifier will transmit at a maximum of 500 Watts in FT8/4. It will output 1000 Watts key down, CW and RTTY. I can maybe understand the lower maximum power if there were multi tones. This 500 Watt issue has been confirmed with other PW-1 users. Any thoughts? Thanks, Bill WB6JJJ toggle quoted message Show quoted text On Aug 2, 2022, at 9:44 PM, William Smith <w_smith@...> wrote: 8 tones (3 bits), hence FT8, but only one at a time. 73, Willie N1JBJ On Aug 2, 2022, at 7:56 PM, Dave Mueller AA3EE <dmueller421@...> wrote: Martin, I thought FT8 transmitted 3 tones simultaneously in the 50 Hz bandwidth, which is why I originally asked the question. If you're right and it's a single carrier at a time, then I understand everything completely. RTTY is the same, except potentially longer transmissions.
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