These modes are confusingly named. The transmit power is the same in both; what changes is the power consumption. Better to think of it as high vs low duty cycle. I don't recall the low power duty cycle for sure, but it's something like 40 seconds on/2 minutes off. This happens automatically during eclipse.
-- Dave, W8AAS
On Aug 8, 2011, at 11:09 PM, Mike Ryan wrote:
Whats the difference between high and low power mode? I know its determined by being in eclipse or not and I believe high power is 0.5 W on SSB and FM. But no luck in finding more info than that on the web about power.
So far, all passes I’ve been able to copy here Eastern US are late at night (11PM-1AM) so I’m assuming I’m getting low power mode.
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