Jim,
I've always told myself that my TenTec radios had a lower RX noise floor than
the radio on the other end.
I've seen this happen mostly when the received signal was less than S-1.
Usually if the received signal was S-2 or greater, I could put him in the log.
73,
Gary - AB9M
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From: "Jim Brown K9YC" <k9yc@audiosystemsgroup.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:00 PM
To: "Discussion of Ten-Tec Equipment" <tentec@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [TenTec] Omni VI+ the best and other great radios
> On Sat, 30 Jan 2010 19:08:19 -0600, CSM\(r\) Gary Huber - AB9M
> wrote:
>
>>The problem if there is one, is often I can hear DX signals but
>>they cannot hear me even when the Titan 425 is running max legal
>>power to a TH-7.
>
> That happens to me a lot. At least four common reasons for that. 1)
> Your QTH is a lot quieter than theirs. 2) They're running a lot
> more power than you are. I'm told that some unprincipalled folks do
> that. 3) Your antenna or topography isn't working as well as his
> relative to your respective neighbors. 4) QRM
>
> 73,
>
> Jim K9YC
>
>
>
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