[Skimmertalk] Skimmer and Live Audio

[Stan Stockton]

Pete,

This is something I wanted to ask about anyway.  Are those numbers 
pretty accurate or relatively accurate to each other?

Perhaps it is just a bad assumption to think that stations are running 
anywhere close to 1500W.  It is hard to see how some stations are 30 dB 
higher in Europe than others in close proximity with antennas that are 
within 3 dB of the same gain.  Seems a lot more than could be explained 
by QSB if it is accurate.

I guess a good trial would be to call CQ with a given amount of power, 
quickly cut it in half and call again to see if the results are a 
decrease by 3 dB.  Has anyone done this?

Stan


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Pete Smith" <n4zr at contesting.com>
To: "Stan Stockton" <k5go at cox.net>; <skimmertalk at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, December 08, 2008 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Skimmertalk] Skimmer and Live Audio


> At 03:02 PM 12/8/2008, Stan Stockton wrote:
>>I would love to be able to access something similar in Europe and be
>>able to do some antenna testing, seeing and hearing for myself what 
>>the
>>differences are between two antennas.
>
>
> Stan, I realize it lacks the "hear for myself" factor, but all you 
> have to do is look on skimmer.dxwatch.com, find out if there is a 
> skimmer on in Europe on your band of interest, and then call CQ on 
> Antenna A.  Wait to see if you're spotted and then change frequency 
> slightly and call CQ on radio B.  Assuming you're spotted again, the 
> two spots will give the relative signal-to-noise ratio of the two CQs.
>
> Of course, this all depends on getting more skimmers on the air.  We 
> could particularly use Skimmers in Japan, South America  and 
> Australia, as well as more bands everywhere.
>
> 73, Pete N4ZR
>
>