[Elecraft] [OT] RBW of CW Skimmer?

[KQ8M]

To be of the engineering sense then everyone would have to have exactly the same gear and exact same noise level. Only the location
could be different for signal comparisons. These are unobtainable. What the RBN does give you is an idea on how you sound in
whatever part of the world is hearing and with what equipment they use. K1TTT is going to hear much better than KQ8M because of his
antenna advantage BUT KQ8M does occasionally hear stations better that K1TTT due to propagation.

If you're a strict number cruncher then stay away but if you want to know if you are being heard elsewhere and an idea of how well
then use the RBN.

73,
Tim Herrick, KQ8M
Charter Member North Coast Contesters
kq8m at kq8m.com

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-----Original Message-----
From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Al Lorona
Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:54 PM
To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] RBW of CW Skimmer?

Thanks for the answer, Fred.

Very surprising. I was only asking because the *main purpose* of the RBN seems 
to be the reporting of the SNR of your signal at a distant point... but if you 
are saying that there's no real way to compare and assess these numbers, then 
that renders the RBN far less useful than I thought! I'll take your advice and 
take the numbers with a large grain of salt.

Al  W6LX


>I doubt seriously that the S+N/N reports are accurate and comparable in the 
>engineering sense.
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