[TowerTalk] 5 db required to see?

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

On 5/24/00 10:32 PM, K3BU@aol.com at K3BU@aol.com wrote:

>If you picture KC1XX as the top, and Gino with bedsprings as antenna as the 
>bottom layer, every dB gets you another layer (bigger) of little guys. 
>That's 
>what wins the contest - how many guys one can work, that others can't even 
>hear. 

Perhaps the focus is entirely wrong here. At some point, we're putting 
more than sufficient signal into the target area -- the only thing 
lacking is the ability to hear.

Maybe what we need are low-noise, directional receiving antennas, not 
high gain, directional transmitting antennas. This would dictate more use 
of beverages or directional loops, even on the high bands, rather than 
longer / more yagis.


Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Boot, you transistorized tormentor! Boot!"
            -- Archibald Asparagus, VeggieTales


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