To be of the engineering sense then everyone would have to have exactly the same gear and exact same noise level. Only the location could be different for signal comparisons. These are unobtainable. What the RBN does give you is an idea on how you sound in whatever part of the world is hearing and with what equipment they use. K1TTT is going to hear much better than KQ8M because of his antenna advantage BUT KQ8M does occasionally hear stations better that K1TTT due to propagation.
If you're a strict number cruncher then stay away but if you want to know if you are being heard elsewhere and an idea of how well then use the RBN. 73, Tim Herrick, KQ8M Charter Member North Coast Contesters [email protected] AR-Cluster V6 kq8m.no-ip.org User Ports: 23, 7373 with local skimmer, 7374 without local skimmer Server Ports: V6 3607, V4 Active 3605, V4 Passive 3606 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Al Lorona Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 1:54 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] RBW of CW Skimmer? Thanks for the answer, Fred. Very surprising. I was only asking because the *main purpose* of the RBN seems to be the reporting of the SNR of your signal at a distant point... but if you are saying that there's no real way to compare and assess these numbers, then that renders the RBN far less useful than I thought! I'll take your advice and take the numbers with a large grain of salt. Al W6LX >I doubt seriously that the S+N/N reports are accurate and comparable in the >engineering sense. ______________________________________________________________ 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
