[Elecraft] KX3 vs. K3 and other rigs?

[Alan Bloom]

On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 08:10 -0700, juergen wrote:

> However from a communications effectiveness point of  20 watts is a
> much more realistic power level, especially for SSB QSO's.

The difference between 10 and 20 watts is only 3 dB, half an S-unit.
Compared to the 20-30 dB of QSB you often find on the HF bands, you
would hardly even notice such a small difference.  I think it is quite
rare that 3 dB would be the difference between making a contact or not.

Alan N1AL