On 1/16/2021 3:20 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
If you have an efficient transmitting antenna, and an accurately calibrated S Meter, I have found over the decades that most signal reports are pretty Reciprocal.
73 Roger G3YRO
Even if: 1. Propagation were always reciprocal. and 2. Everyone had a calibrated S meter and 3. Everyone used a single antenna for RX and TX and 4. Everyone had the same noise level in their environment. There would still be no guarantee that equal S meter readings would correspond to equal S/N ratios. For example, you transmit and receive on a dipole, which is generally better on RX. If the station at the other end is (like me) transmitting and receiving on a vertical, that will make me seem to be an alligator. Of course, conditions 1 through 4 are by no means assured in the first place. YMMV. 73 Rick N6RK _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
