Re: [Elecraft] Fw: OT P3 question

2013-03-01 Thread Richard Fjeld
Sent: Friday, March 01, 2013 3:28 PM Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Fw: OT P3 question > When I was working, and had good equipment, I used to know the > expected loss of a signal through the air at one mile. I will need > help for an accurate figure now, but I think it was roughly

Re: [Elecraft] Fw: OT P3 question

2013-03-01 Thread Joe Subich, W4TV
When I was working, and had good equipment, I used to know the expected loss of a signal through the air at one mile. I will need help for an accurate figure now, but I think it was roughly 100 dB of loss. According to Wikipedia the formula for free space loss is 20Log(distance) + 20log(fre

[Elecraft] Fw: OT P3 question

2013-03-01 Thread Richard Fjeld
Sam, I agree with Dale, WA8SRA, as he describes the skirts of a strong signal. I let that be assumed in my answer below. I don't remember if you stated whether you had calibrated your K3/P3 with a XG1,2,3, or something similar? That S9+60 makes me wonder. When I was working, and had good equ