I believe the parameters were that people hearing a diff at 3 dB were the first statistically significant group, and half/most at 6 dB. And this was a defined task without distractions. Would guess that same on a noisy 160m is more difficult, yes.
73, Guy. On Sun, Dec 5, 2010 at 1:54 PM, Barry N1EU <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Guy, K2AV wrote: >> >> Or stated differently, your ear probably needs something an S-unit >> difference to discern two signals exactly on frequency with no other >> separation information in the signal blend. >> > > My experience, which seems to be shared by several others, is that even > signals of greater than an S-unit difference in strength cannot be > discerned. Weak and strong signals are all blended indiscernibly together. > > Barry N1EU > > (bottom posted to first show context of response) > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/Recommended-AGC-settings-for-separation-of-signals-in-CW-pile-ups-tp5804756p5805683.html > Sent from the [K3] mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html

