[Lowfer] HiFER rule change

[Bill Ashlock]

>The actual amount of the HiFER power increase is about 3.6 dB, which can be
>fairly significant when you're near the noise threshold. As Bill points 
>out,
>however, the typical fading on HF can be much greater than a few dB, even
>over short intervals. Doubling your power output may not light up the Argo
>screen to blinding levels, but it will make the signal visible for a
>slightly greater portion of the time, and will prolong those (usually) 
>brief
>intervals when the signal is audible.

Lyle, 3.6 db is a lot more than the 2db I understood to be the change. I 
will plug in 3.6 db steps ASAP so we can see what effect this has on our 
ARGO transmissions.

Bill

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