[TowerTalk] Fw: Feeding single band HF yagis 500+ ft from the shack

[Lee Hiers]

On Wed, May 18, 2022 at 11:22 AM Chuck Dietz <w5prchuck at gmail.com> wrote:


> I am certain that, in a contest with over 1,000 contacts, one db would make
> a noticeable difference. I seem to remember some tests like that, but I
> agree it would be difficult to make valid comparisons.


K1DG has a presentation he's done for Contest University.  Per his study
over time, he estimates that a 1dB improvement in your station results in a
6% score increase in a contest.  Now, I don't know his methods, nor the
accuracy of his study, but it certainly seems plausible.

1 dB at any single point in time won't make much difference, but over the
course of a weekend, yes, it matters.

73 de Lee, AA4GA