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[TowerTalk] True Or Not True #2

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Subject: [TowerTalk] True Or Not True #2
From: k2av@contesting.com (Guy Olinger)
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 12:36:53 -0700 (PDT)
Maybe another way to put that: in a 48 hour contest, you can bet some
significant number of contacts will individually qualify as marginal
conditions (as in QRP & indoor antennas), and the 2 db will apply.

--- Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com> wrote:
> 
> At 11:56 AM 9/6/01 -0700, K2AV wrote:
> >
> >In marginal conditions, such as daytime on the lower bands, or at
> the
> >edges of a skip zone, etc, where the signal is at or in the noise,
> >adding 2 db to your signal is helpful. For certain digital modes,
> you
> >can go from no-copy to copy in 2 db's. The intended use and the time
> >and frequency of intended use will dictate whether it will matter.
> Most
> >people do some operating in marginal conditions, and it will help.
> 
> Another angle to consider.  1-2 dB better signal may not be
> discernible on
> any given QSO.  But over the course of a 48-hour DX contest, it may
> mean
> several dozen more European QRP stations with indoor dipoles in noisy
> locations get into the log, because those couple of dB can make the
> difference between your CQ being heard and not.
> 
> 73, Pete N4ZR
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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=====
73 & GL
-----------------
Guy Olinger, K2AV
k2av@contesting.com
Apex, NC, USA

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