Agreed. And at that level of competition, operator skill makes a much bigger difference in score than 3 dB of power. Sadly, many who try to compete at that level just don't seem to understand this. Bruce, N1RX > 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 >
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