[Elecraft] [K3] 150 watt "boots" for 160m - the competitive edge

[Lee Buller]

This may be true and probably is...but as one other fellow said....1 DB is the difference between hear or not.  Now...in contesting...that is points....or even a multipler which could be many more points per contest.  So, I appreciate the comment here...is is the competitive edge that is driving this thread.

Lee K0WA




--- On Fri, 12/11/09, Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net> wrote:

From: Guy Olinger K2AV <olinger at bellsouth.net>
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [K3] 150 watt "boots" for 160m
To: "elecraft" <Elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Date: Friday, December 11, 2009, 1:11 PM

>From 100 to 150, for 1.7 dB, when Bell Laboratories research (with
huge capital investment and telephone maintenance dollars on the line)
determined that 3 dB was the signal strength change discernment for
most people?

It's amazing how these slim changes hold on with hams and spend their
money, when tons of research demonstrates the difference is not
perceived. We FEEL GOOD running 150 instead of 100, running 1500
instead of 1200.  Never hear it on the other end.

The REAL TX dB is between our ears, when to transmit, where to
transmit and what to transmit. They who have the full 27 db allocation
there can work the pileups QRP.

73, Guy.
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