Don, Unless you do an A/B test using the same antenna for 20 meters and a similar transceiver, it is difficult to make any valid judgement. Yes, 40 and 20 have very different characteristics, and vary themselves a lot from day to night - it is all in the propagation conditions at the time.
A low level signal generator such as the Elecraft XG2 or XG3 can be used to do an MDS measurement on each band - that will give you the real information you seek, but I do not know of another valid method other than the A/B comparison. 73, Don W3FPR On 10/3/2011 3:44 PM, Don Baucom wrote: > I have a K1 with a 40/20 filter board. The receiver is much louder on 40. The > signals just jump out with plenty of audio. On 20 the signals are not as > strong. Every once in while I will hear a strong signal on 20. > I suspect that 20 is just not as loud. I have made contacts on 20 to include > England. When I do a A/B receiver test with my Yaesu FT-450D, it seems like > they are in line. Should I assume this is related to the bands being > different. > ______________________________________________________________ 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
