[TowerTalk] Funniest thing I've seen in weeks

[Bill Aycock]

Enjoy your lunch- this appears to be a good occasion for fruit, as in 
"Apples and Oranges".He was referring to Gain, while you argued about S/N. 
There IS a difference.
Bill

At 01:46 AM 7/30/2004 -0700, you wrote:

>Hi Tom,
>
>First of all, I'm very nervous about dipping my toe into the pool where 
>the big boys swim, but here goes.
>
>First of all, the MANY that you refer to has now been decremented by 1.
>Thank you.
>
>I'm trying to understand your statement below.
>If the received noise is uniformly distributed in azimuth I would think 
>that additional gain, presuming that it comes from a narrower azimuthal 
>pattern, would increase the SNR of the desired signal.
>
>If there is a lot of noise from one direction and the increased 
>directivity is such that there is now a null in the direction of the big 
>noise then the SNR of the desired signal would increase a lot.
>
>Am I on the right track here or totally out to lunch?
>
>73 de Jim Smith   VE7FO
>
>Tom Rauch wrote:
>
>>This is actually pretty important, because MANY people think
>>7dB of additional antenna gain improves the receiving and
>>transmitting 7dB. The actual receiving change can be
>>anything from zero to dozens of dB. If for example you have
>>a 15 meter Yagi with 3dB of feedline loss and improve system
>>gain 2dB by replacing the feedline, the receive S/N will
>>remain the same.
>>
>>73 Tom
>>
>>
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Bill Aycock - W4BSG
Woodville, Alabama