More Power

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In a message dated 96-03-29 05:36:32 EST, you write:

>Let's get a bit of perspective on this "5kW is shocking" strand. It's easy
>to forget that the differency between 1.5kW and 5kW is less than an S-point.
>Those contest stations which some people find so offensive, booming in at
>S9+40dB with their 5kW, would only drop to S9+20 if they switched the PA off
>and ran a barefoot 50W.

While what you say would be true IF S meters used a six dB per S unit
standard, they don't. That "standard" is not now, and never was a standard.
It was something one manufacturer tried to use after WW2 and then later
abandoned!

Going from 1.5 kW to 5 kW is, in reality, almost two S units! 

Most S meters are 3-4 dB per S unit. Check out the alignment section of any
modern transceiver, and you'll see this is correct. Perfectly aligned, nearly
every radio falls between 3-4 dB per S unit. A few radios are also
intentionally mis-calibrated on the dB scale!

When testing an antenna, remember the actual difference is often half what
that lying excuse of a meter says!

73 Tom

>From Spike Lazar <slazar19 at sgi.net>  Fri Mar 29 15:35:11 1996
From: Spike Lazar <slazar19 at sgi.net> (Spike Lazar)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 10:35:11 -0500 (EST)
Subject: More Power
Message-ID: <199603291535.KAA04377 at orion.bv.sgi.net>

At 10:20 AM 3/29/96 GMT, you wrote:

>It's easy to forget that the differency between 1.5kW and 5kW is less
>than an S-point. It's NOT the same as pitting a 150bhp Euro sedan against
>a 500bhp Callaway 'Vette. Log, not linear.

>It's better tx lines and better antennas really make the difference. 
>73 Al, GM4BAP

Dear Al,

I'll agree with you about the tx lines and antenna really do make a
difference. You have to consider the Super Qro more than likely has
gone to a reasonable effort in that area and now is has added Eimac
antennas.

Please do not dismiss a db so insignificantly, for each additional db
on receive (mostly) and transmit you increase your qso total 5%!

If all things being equal, if you reverse the db equation to compare your
Q totals with a competitor who has beaten you, you can see exactly how
many db down your signal is overall. (The winner of a contest ultimately
is the station who hears the most, figuring everyone can hear you and you
run out of stations to work.)

Also a word to all from my buddy Dr. Bafoofnik: Please do not work any M0oo
stations during the WPX unless you want to die a horrible death from
this deadly cattle brain disease.


                                Spike, W9XR 


>From Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net>  Sat Mar 30 06:16:03 1996
From: Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net> (Micheal Ihry)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:16:03 -0800
Subject: ms ac5ct
Message-ID: <01BB1DBD.6D918B60 at ppp16.topher.net>

hi all
will try ms this time in wpx.
cu in the test
de ac5ct..mike in tx	


>From Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net>  Sat Mar 30 06:14:01 1996
From: Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net> (Micheal Ihry)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:14:01 -0800
Subject: need xformer
Message-ID: <01BB1DBD.6AFB5020 at ppp16.topher.net>

hi all
just about had my homebrew amp runnin when the xformer burned.
need another. 120/220 in and about 2880 out.
plse e-mail me direct if u can help.
tnx
de ac5ct..mike in tx


>From Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net>  Sat Mar 30 06:20:27 1996
From: Micheal Ihry <mihry at topher.net> (Micheal Ihry)
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 22:20:27 -0800
Subject: need addresses
Message-ID: <01BB1DBE.07148E40 at ppp14.topher.net>

hi all
need e-mail addresses for wl7bqm, wl7hp, and kl7cc
tnx
de ac5ct..mike in tx