You might want to listen to this TAPR presentation on Noise and Noise calculations.
https://youtu.be/xXXj1Ko4ZXg I found it pretty interesting. Mike va3mw On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:12 PM uy0zg <[email protected]> wrote: > Is the main problem here in efficiency? > > The main thing here - the signal is not heard by a person! > --- > Nick, UY0ZG > http://www.topband.in.ua > > Tim Shoppa 2019-08-01 20:40: > > > > The "work signals way down in the noise you could never work otherwise" > > myth, is just part of the myth that FT8 is an effective operating mode, > > when really it's the least efficient mode for a good op to work Q's or > > DXCC's. See my detailed 2018 statistics by mode here: > > http://n3qe.org/n3qe2018.jpg > > > > Tim N3QE > > > _________________ > Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband > Reflector > _________________ Searchable Archives: http://www.contesting.com/_topband - Topband Reflector
