Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase

[R.Measures <r@somis.org>]

On Feb 5, 2005, at 7:19 PM, Radioal wrote:

> I am not questioning the fact that this was measured - only the basis 
> for believing that what was measured had no other explanation than to 
> disprove physical law.  I suggest that something else may be at work 
> here to skew the measurements.  The challenge is to find the reason 
> for it, not believe blindly in it.


I was probably the last one to believe the measurements because I was 
not on the Rx-end of things until after I sold the PB1 amplifier.  
However, the accuracy of such measurements is not in doubt since I used 
a NBS-traceable HP 355 attenuator set to make them.  If blindly 
believing in the NBS is stupid, then I plead guilty.  For what it's 
worth, most of the free-3db encounters occurred on 40m and 80m in the 
early morning as the D-layer was building.
- cheerz
> Al - K8EUR
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Measures" <r@somis.org>
> To: "Radioal" <al.dolgosh@hamradio.org>
> Cc: <amps@contesting.com>; "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 7:27 PM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase
>
>
> > On Feb 5, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Radioal wrote:
> >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Measures" <r@somis.org>
> > > To: "Radioal" <al.dolgosh@hamradio.org>
> > > Cc: <amps@contesting.com>; "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek@ifwtech.co.uk>
> > > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:11 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase
> > >
> > >
> > > > > The ionosphere is not a parametric amplifier being pumped by solar 
> > > > > energy - there are some weird theories floating around that have 
> > > > > not been proven.
> > > >
> > > > So why did a 20db amplifier deliver 23db during certain conditions 
> > > > and 20db at other times?
> > > > >
> > > Why assume something to be true that violates known physical laws?
> >
> > I assumed not, I measured.  This was what trusted friends had been 
> > occasionally reporting for months.  I was only able to confirm what 
> > they occasionally measured after I sold the amplifier.
> >
> > > The scientific assumption should be that it is an anomaly, and 
> > > effort should be made to prove IT true rather than use the single 
> > > fact to cast doubt on known reality.
> >
> > There were many measurements by others.  I was one of the last 
> > measurers.
> >
> > Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org

Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org

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