[CQ-Contest] Reciprocity in signal strength

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

Of course, and if there is no competition at that moment, you can 
probably make the QSO, but if there is ....

73, Pete N4ZR

On 1/22/2023 1:10 AM, Barry Jacobson wrote:
> Hi guys, it seems that in a contest like NAQP where presumably almost
> everyone is running the same 100 W power, you should be able to hear the
> other guy at the same level he hears you. Even if the other guy has a
> $25,000 dollar beam, and you have a simple 10 foot random wire, the
> weakness in your transmission ability will also weaken your received signal
> just as much in the other direction. So if you can hear him, it guarantees
> he can hear you. (Unless one or both of you has separate receive and
> transmit antennas, or the receivers you are using are of very different
> quality.) Does that make any sense?
>
> Barry WA2VIU
>
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