[Amps] 10 DB increase

[Radioal]

No!  An improvement from zero dB to 10 dB is still 10 dB.  It doesn't matter 
if you went from below the noise to above the noise - it is still 10 dB.

Let's not start equating real numbers to "percent improvement, readability, 
etc.".

Al - K8EUR
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Turner" <dezrat1242 at ispwest.com>
To: "Radioal" <al.dolgosh at hamradio.org>
Cc: "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>; <amps at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, February 04, 2005 7:21 PM
Subject: Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase


> On Fri, 4 Feb 2005 19:03:55 -0500, Radioal wrote:
>
>>A 10 dB increase in power will be propagated as a 10 dB increase -
>>regardless of the state of the ionosphere, antennas, locations, etc.
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> If a 10dB increase brings you from zero copy to something above the
> noise level, that's a near-infinite improvement, wouldn't you say?
>
> Much different from going from 20 over 9 to 30 over.
>
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> Bill, W6WRT
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