[TowerTalk] TowerTalk Digest, Vol 88, Issue 45

[K7LXC at aol.com]

In a message dated 4/13/2010 10:20:10 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
towertalk-request at contesting.com writes:

>>Some potential problems  with the amp as already  mentioned but you don't 
>>get the real advantage for  long coax  runs with low loss coax which is 
less 
>>loss on the received  signals. If  you can't hear them - you can't work 
them, 
>>no  matter how much power you're  running. 

>  Yes, BUT --  coax loss on RX only matters if the limitation is noise in 
your 
receiver.  That is VERY RARE on the HF bands, where the major limitation is 
either  QRM or noise picked up on the antenna. In other words, on HF, coax 
loss  only affects TX. 


    I'm not splitting hairs about noise limitations  of your rx. 
 
    Are you saying that the practical effect of  a gain (less loss) of 3 dB 
on the air due to lower loss coax is not heard  on your receiver? So your 
dipole, vertical, coat hanger, etc.is just as good  on receive as your 
multi-element yagi if it was all fed with the same  coax? Isn't gain gain and loss 
loss? 
 
Cheers,
Steve    K7LXC