Bill - I am uncertain, based on your reply below, whether you are a proponent of worrying about 1 db or not.......so, from a 100% QRP op's perspective, saving 1 db, i.e., delivering 1 more db to the antenna, IS important ---- that 1 db can be the difference 'tween being heard above the noise, or not.
72/71.5 de Jim R. K9JWV ________________________________________ From: Topband <topband-boun...@contesting.com> on behalf of Bill Cromwell <wrcromw...@gmail.com> Sent: Friday, February 26, 2016 5:58 AM To: topband@contesting.com Subject: Re: Topband: Demo of the value of one dB and the cost of sending too fast Hi, Doubling the power output translates to less than one "S-unit" at a distant receiver. Maybe most of those hams who preach otherwise ahve less interest in weak signals. That is a matter of personal interest and personal taste. Don't forget that all of this applies on receive, too. There is not much chance for me to work DX with antennas that will fit the space I have available and the power levels I use. I'm happy to work in the region where I live. But I can hear those DX stations. A peeve of mine is the 'alligator' station - all mouth and no ears. Mine is the opposite. We aren't going to work them if we can't hear them regardless of fill legal power output (or more) and huge antenna arrays. 73, Bill KU8H On 02/26/2016 07:35 AM, Mike Waters wrote: >> - its well worth the effort to improve your signal by as little as one dB >> > It certainly is! This is quite interesting. > > How many hams have we heard over the years preaching otherwise? "But it's > ONLY a fraction of an S-unit!". > > 73, Mike > www.w0btu.com > _________________ > Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband > _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband _________________ Topband Reflector Archives - http://www.contesting.com/_topband