On Sun, 11 Oct 2009, Jeff DePolo wrote: > CB is substantially wider :-) My point exactly. ;-) > > Assuming a 100W transmitter, 1dB of cable losses and 5.16dBi (3dB) of > > antenna gain, at 20 miles there is -32.442dB of path loss. > > Methinks there's some disinformation there, better check your path-loss > math.
I think the calculator was in meters instead of miles: 20 miles at 50MHz is 96.58 db of loss, for a recieved signal strength of -53dBm, or ~452 uV. Which probably isn't strong enough to amount to any interference, so matter how wide the reciever is. -- Kris Kirby, KE4AHR Disinformation Analyst
