[Amps] 10dB and propagation

[R.Measures]

On Feb 6, 2005, at 8:59 PM, Michael Tope wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "k7fm" <k7fm at teleport.com>
>
>> Looking at the situation in reverse, if an amateur transmitter (even
>> operating at illegal power) can cause a non-linear reflection, then it
> would
>> be probable that power used would be at the beginning of the 
>> non-linear
>> range.  If that was so, then higher power would be much more likely to
>> trigger the non-linear reflection.  There are enough higher power 
>> stations
>> operating that the event would be reasonably common, and AT&T would 
>> likely
>> have discovered it when they were using high power in the 30's for
> overseas
>> telephone service.  That such events have not been regularly reported 
>> by
>> higher power raises a red flag.
>>
>
> Yes, and if you compare the total energy dumped into the
> ionosphere by ham radio operators even during a contest, it's
> a piddle compared to what the international broadcasters
> are pumping out into their curtain arrays on most days. And if
> such an effect were present, it could easily be ferreted out
> with a carefully controlled experiment.

The effect in question was observed on 80m and 40m in the early morning 
between locations that were 100km to 350km apart.

>  I see no evidence as
> of yet that the subject experiment was carefully controlled
> (aside from perhaps s-meter calibration).

I used a HP-355 step attenuator set, so S-meter calibration was out of 
the equation.
>
> 73 de Mike, W4EF..................................
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org