I agree with Dave, a 3 dB change may be noticeable, but not to the
degree Glenn states.
Kevin Custer
At 06:51 11/15/2008, G Shaw wrote:
Assuming about 80 feet of run at VHF you have added
well over 3 db of loss, which of course means your system is going to be
deaf on rcv and way down on xmt
Glenn, I am confused. Us DX folks think 3db is about a factor of
two in ERP, so that would be like turning a mobile down from 50w to
25w, hardly a world-shaking change. At least DXing, a few db can
matter when you are on the borderline of making a contact, but for
daily use? I would think there would be only a small change in
coverage area. And folks who had solid signals before would still
be clear and workable. What am I missing here?
