Re: [IRCA] JOUB 774

[kj8o@xxxxxxxxxx]

Good evening Paul,

> First of all, "no one" mentioning the term cheating or phoning the
> station.  S9+55DB is almost "overload". That is one STRONG signal. 47
> watts at 5 miles could not produce a signal that strong.
> I have heard a many stations under 50 watts at sometimes thousands of
> miles, but they sure are not S9+55DB!!!!

I am sure Patrick as well as all the hams on this list know already, but the 
quick explanation of signal strength readings is that decibels work on an 
exponential scale (technically it's a logorhythmic scale but they are 
somewhat similar), 3db = 2X, 6db=4X 9db=8X, 10db = 10X, 20 db = 100X. At 
55DB over S9, that would be approximately 400,000 times stronger than an S9 
signal.

Hang in there, it takes a while to learn all this.

Best wishes and 73 de Joe


-- 73 de Joe Miller, KJ8O, Troy, MI -- Grid EN82 --
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