[CQ-Contest] reverse beacon network

Tom W8JI w8ji at w8ji.com
Fri Nov 25 09:26:37 PST 2011


> Is there a way to see what antenna's the skimmer station is using? One
> station in EU has me at 22db and another at 8, I'm trying out a new 
> antenna,
> and wondering what the difference is....

It isn't just the antenna. It is every radio aspect of the location, 
antenna, and equipment that determines the S/N ratio. Then, on top of that, 
there is propagation.

Even if antennas were identical, there could be a 30 dB difference in 
background noise alone. Propagation differences could, at times, be 
infinite!

73 Tom 



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