>my digital recording (Adobe Audition) possesses a similar mental capacity? >There is a noticeable disappearance into the noise after...
Having spent over 45 years recording sound, I agree that the signal level decrease is real. And easy to see on good recording software. >...once thought that power amplifiers lost efficiency after a few characters With tongue in cheek, I say that I think that the ionosphere gets overloaded after a few characters. 160m ionosphere is somewhet delicate at best. I do, however, notice this effect in most HF contests, and it's always the weak sigs that suffer, of course, as a few db at the lower levels makes a BIG difference. Ralph, VE7XF _______________________________________________ Topband reflector - [email protected]
