World-class contest stations are a different animal. If the extra 3 dB adds an extra 0.1% to the contact total, that could easily be the difference between winning and coming in number 2.
But for the average ham a 0.1% increase in your total contacts is such a small difference that you would never even notice it. Alan N1AL On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 11:14 -0700, Keith-K5ENS wrote: > I know many a contest station that would and have spent $1000's for an extra > 3db. There must to a reason. > > Keith, K5ENS > > -- > View this message in context: > http://elecraft.365791.n2.nabble.com/KX3-vs-K3-and-other-rigs-tp6443819p6446308.html > Sent from the Elecraft 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
