[Elecraft] Contest RST reports

[Pete Smith N4ZR]

All true, Hank.  You can't get an absolute signal report, particularly 
given the wide variation in antenna systems, preamps, and so on.  OTOH, 
if you want to compare your signal to a given Skimmer over time, or with 
another station, the Signal Comparison Tool on the RBN web site will 
give you data that are averaged among multiple spots by a given 
Skimmer.  Multiple data points go a long way toward averaging out the 
effects of QRM or QRN on the SNR of a particular Skimmer.

73, Pete N4ZR
The World Contest Station Database, updated daily at www.conteststations.com
The Reverse Beacon Network at http://reversebeacon.net, blog at reversebeacon.blogspot.com,
spots at telnet.reversebeacon.net, port 7000 and
arcluster.reversebeacon.net, port 7000


On 2/20/2012 7:47 PM, Hank Garretson wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 2:17 PM, ERIC MANNING<emanning at cs.uvic.ca>  wrote:
>
> If you want an accurate signal report, the place to go is RBN
>> http://www.reversebeacon.net/main.php
>>
> Skimmer and RBN are many wonderful things, but I'm not sure they are
> signal-level "accurate." The signal level Skimmer gives you is SNR.
>
> 1. Noise levels will vary among different Skimmers.
>
> 2. Noise level will vary over time (both short- and long-term) for an
> individual skimmer.
>
> Ski Exuberantly,
>
> Hank, W6SX
>
> Mammoth Lakes, California
>
> Elevation 8083 feet in John Muir's Range of Light
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