[TowerTalk] dx blaster antenna

[Steve Hunt]

That just illustrates how silly some of this stuff can get!

An increase in power from 80W to 500W is about 8dB. That would show up 
as just over 1 S-unit on a meter calibrated at 6dB/S-unit.

5 S-units on the same meter would need the power to go up to 80KW !!!

Steve G3TXQ

WA6RKN wrote:
> On average, again, band conditions not withstanding, if I am talking to 
> someone and he is cranking 80 - 90 watts barefoot, and he turns on his 
> amplifier and pumps 500 watts at me, generally speaking, his signal will 
> rise around 5 s-units.
>