[CQ-Contest] Station Inspections

[w1md at cfl.rr.com]

I suppose the whole "it's against the rules as defined by the FCC" isn't a consideration anymore...if we're willing to make statements like the "it's only 3db". 

1501 Watts is as much against the rules as 4000 Watts is. Over the line is over the line...unless of course 1500W is now just a guideline, like keep it within 3db of 1500W and you should be ok...

/sarc

W1MD

---- Dave - AB7E <xdavid at cis-broadband.com> wrote: 
> 
> I agree 100%.  Why else would people spend extra money on expensive feedlines, or better bandpass filters, or ... well, you name it.  (I'll concede that bigger antennas generally have a better pattern that helps on receive as well.)
> 
> A couple of years ago I mixed computer generated CW with band noise I recorded from 80m (using a 400 Hz filter) to generate a few audio files with different signal/noise ratios.  I kept the noise energy the same and varied the CW audio in one decibel increments.  Three db literally made the difference between less than 50% copy and perfect Q5 copy.  Even the difference between +1 db and +2 db (compared to my baseline file) was noticeable.
> 
> 73,
> Dave  AB7E
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------Original Mail------
> From: "Steve Sacco NN4X" <nn4x at embarqmail.com>
> To: "cq contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
> Sent: Fri, 14 Aug 2009 16:31:40 -0400
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Station Inspections
> 
> 
> Thirdly, the "it's only 3dB" argument is well-taken if you're comparing 
> S9+20dB signals, but spend time digging signals out of the noise, when 
> you would KILL for them to be JUST A LITTLE louder, and suddenly 3dB 
> (1/2 an S-unit) is enormous.  That's not "opinion", it's fact.
> 
> 73/DX
> Steve
> 
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