I think your efforts should be rewarded but the test is flawed. 
Try using QRP and an attenuator.  Get a distant station to record the two
transmissions...one with and one without the 1db attenuator in the output.
73,
dave
wa3gin@COMCAST.NET 
-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces@contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:19 PM
To: Bob Houf at Comcast; CADXA; TowerTalk; Brian MacHunter
Subject: [TowerTalk] One DB
Someone on the Towertalk reflector recently asked whether an additional 
one db of antenna gain was worth pursuing.  The answer, of course, was 
that it all depends... 
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