[TowerTalk] Measuring Coax Loss

[Roger (K8RI)]

Mike Besemer (WM4B) wrote:
> 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?
>   
Probably not, but it's highly likely in the minority.
But big guns, or little pistols, the overall idea is to do as much as 
possible with what we have and to share the knowledge as to how we've 
done it.  I'd certainly not call my station a "big gun", but it's most 
likely not considered mediocre.  I've always been an experimenter who 
tries for the most out of what I have and share how to get there.


73

Roger (K8RI)
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> 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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