[Amps] 10 DB increase

[R.Measures]

On Feb 5, 2005, at 4:25 AM, Radioal wrote:

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> ----- Original Message ----- From: "R. Measures" <r at somis.org>
> To: "Radioal" <al.dolgosh at hamradio.org>
> Cc: <amps at contesting.com>; "Ian White, G3SEK" <g3sek at ifwtech.co.uk>
> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 6:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [Amps] 10 DB increase
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>> On Feb 4, 2005, at 4:03 PM, Radioal wrote:
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>>> 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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>> I used to think that this was the case until I sold the original 
>> Plywood Box/8170 amplifier.  Even though I had measured the 
>> amplifier's voltage-gain as x10 with an oscilloscope (20db 
>> power-gain), but on the air,  I measured 20 - 23db with my calibrated 
>> S-meter.  Other people with calibrated S-meters reported the same 
>> crazy thing.  Others who saw the 23db change said that Stanford 
>> (University) Research Institute had observed something similar during 
>> their ionospheric heating research project
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>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
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> 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?
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> Al - K8EUR
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org