[TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss

[Mike Besemer (WM4B)]

I'm aware that when the signal is at the noise floor, it's going to make a
difference.  (Seems like a no-brainer.)  But, to the average ham with small
antennas and small pockets, it just isn't going to matter.  Am I the ONLY
'average' ham here among a bunch of big guns?


-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:towertalk-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Cqtestk4xs at aol.com
Sent: Thursday, February 11, 2010 8:42 PM
To: towertalk at contesting.com
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss

 
In a message dated 2/12/2010 1:17:49 AM Greenwich Standard Time,  
k5go at cox.net writes:

3 dB is  very large regardless of how many you are starting  with.


You bet it is...depending on whose S meter you're looking at it  could be 
close to an S unit.  Out here when the hordes of EU stations call,  many 
times they are S-3/4.  It doesn't take too many dB to rise above the  
pack....like around 3 db.  Kinda like a shorty 40 vs a  dipole.
 
Bill KH7XS
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