[TowerTalk] One DB

[jeremy-ca]

Many years ago I was periphally involved (did a lot of the grunt work) with 
the first ham EME QSO by Sam Harris, W1FZJ/W1BU and W6AY at Eimac, on 1296. 
All the trials leading up to and including the final QSO were recorded by 
both a chart recorder and audio tape.
Sam had them synchronized and the chart was a good 3-4dB better than the 
audio. It was amazing what 1 dB did for audio intelligability. From that day 
on I counted dB's by the tenths.

Carl
KM1H

Carl
KM1H


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA" <wa3gin at comcast.net>
To: "'David Gilbert'" <xdavid at cis-broadband.com>; "'Bob Houf at Comcast'" 
<k7zb at comcast.net>; "'CADXA'" <CADXA at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>; "'TowerTalk'" 
<towertalk at contesting.com>; "'Brian MacHunter'" <Scotsman1 at mac.com>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:57 PM
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] One DB


>I think your efforts should be rewarded but the test is flawed.
>
> Try using QRP and an attenuator.  Get a distant station to record the two
> transmissions...one with and one without the 1db attenuator in the output.
>
> 73,
> dave
> wa3gin at COMCAST.NET
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
> Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 7:19 PM
> To: Bob Houf at Comcast; CADXA; TowerTalk; Brian MacHunter
> Subject: [TowerTalk] One DB
>
>
> Someone on the Towertalk reflector recently asked whether an additional
> one db of antenna gain was worth pursuing.  The answer, of course, was
> that it all depends...
>
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