To: | "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>, <amps@contesting.com> |
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Subject: | Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase |
From: | "Radioal" <al.dolgosh@hamradio.org> |
Date: | Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:03:55 -0500 |
List-post: | <mailto:amps@contesting.com> |
A 10 dB increase in power will be propagated as a 10 dB increase -
regardless of the state of the ionosphere, antennas, locations, etc.
Instantaneous or rapid cyclical changes in propagation (QSB) can account for
some A--->B and B--->A (amplifier/barefoot) differences, but repetitive A to
B changes will average out the differences. A difference of 10 dB is
unaffected by other factors, except the cyclical changes noted above,
inaccurate S-meters or just plain prevarication. An increasingly common factor in this distortion of fact is the guy who tells you he is increasing power from 100 watts to 1000 watts - and you see a 15 dB or greater increase. It becomes obvious that his "very linear" tube-with-handles amplifier has somehow broken the 100% efficiency barrier!! A rose is a rose, and 10 dB is 10dB. Al - K8EUR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ian White, G3SEK" <G3SEK@ifwtech.co.uk> To: <amps@contesting.com> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 5:27 AM Subject: Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase kenw2dtc wrote:Many times when someone adds 10db to the transmit side, in an A/B test, almost no one on the receiver side shows a 10 db 'S' meter increase, many times the receiver readings show a 20 or 25 db increase. Is the major reason due to liberal non-linear metering _______________________________________________ Amps mailing list Amps@contesting.com http://lists.contesting.com/mailman/listinfo/amps |
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