[Amps] Re: 10dB and propagation

[R.Measures]

On Feb 9, 2005, at 4:45 PM, David Kirkby wrote:

> R.Measures wrote:
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>> On Feb 7, 2005, at 7:53 PM, Jim Nowotarski wrote:
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>>> How about:
>>> 1) the bypass path in the amp had 3dB of loss?
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>> The bypass path had the same loss on days when the free-3db was there  
>> and on days when it wasn't.   The only variables were propagation and  
>> electric-mains potential, which was +/- 2% max (0.17db) .
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>>> ...
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>> Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org
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> Rich,
> how about submitting the results as a paper to a peer-reviewed  
> scientific journal?

Why bother?  I saw it, but others saw it long before I did.  0.5 S-unit  
/ 3db is no big deal.

>  The IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation would be a likely  
> journal.
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> http://www.ieee.org/portal/index.jsp?pageID=corp_level1&path=pubs/ 
> transactions&file=tap2.xml&xsl=generic.xsl
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> Much better than QST. Someone once told me a typical circuit in QST  
> was "How to build a 12V 1A Power Supply using a 7812 Voltage  
> Regulator."

Chortle.  QST's present lack of a Tech Editor tells it all.

cheers, David
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> I'm sure many would be interested to read this if you got it published  
> in a peer reviewed professional journal - not an amateur one.

My peers are Hams.
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> -- 
> Dr. David Kirkby, G8WRB
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Richard L. Measures, AG6K, 805.386.3734.  www.somis.org