>I think a 50% power increase may make more difference than one would think
>in purely engineering terms, exactly why I don't know. I've had people tell
>me I've gone up three S points when I've upped the power by 6dB or so.
>Lousy S meter calibration no doubt. In a contest the feel good factor comes
>into it too.
If you've upped the power by 6 dB you've increased it a factor of 4
times. Six dB IS significant. 1.5 dB?? Well, it CAN help don't get me
wrong. It's just not a curall.
And actually since S units are calibrated in dB, if you increased power
by 6 dB you should have gone up 6 S units, not 3.
73,
Jon
KE9NA
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Jon Ogden
KE9NA
http://www.qsl.net/ke9na
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