[TowerTalk] Mosley Antenna Question

[Jim Brown]

On Mon,2/23/2015 11:34 PM, Jim Thomson wrote:
> another method that works superb is to shut OFF the  RX agc at the RX end.  Then back down the
> RF gain a whole bunch.   Then apply the rx audio to standard audio test gear, or telco test gear.

The K3 can be set to provide an audio voltmeter calibrated in dB, where 
the dB reference is set to some arbitrary value that is the average of 
the last 10-15 seconds of received audio. I've used this many times to 
measure the relative strength of signals.

BUT -- there's far more to this method. Thanks to signal fading, and to 
the arrival of signals from many elevations, MANY comparisons must be 
made and averaged to get meaningful data. Ditto for using the RBN.

73, Jim K9YC