[TowerTalk] One DB

[WA3GIN in Alex. City, VA]

Yes, I agree but it is more real world than MP3 files...at least we have the
chance to hear the effect of receiver selectivity/sensitivity, receive
antenna characteristics as well as receiver AGC, etc.

73,
dave
wa3gin at COMCAST.NET 

-----Original Message-----
From: towertalk-bounces at contesting.com
[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of James C. Garland
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 8:19 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Cc: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] One DB

Hi Dave, I don't see why his test is flawed.  Seems pretty creative 
to me. Your suggestion probably woudn't yield consistent results 
because of QSB.

Jim W8ZR

At 05:57 PM 5/29/2007, you wrote:
>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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