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Re: [RFI] RFI Measurements

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Subject: Re: [RFI] RFI Measurements
From: K9MA <k9ma@sdellington.us>
Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2021 17:09:11 -0600
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No, they are not "meaningless". They are a relative measure of noise levels in various locations, which was my purpose in making them. I would gain absolutely nothing more from measuring absolute field strength.

73,
Scott K9MA



On 1/23/2021 4:45 PM, Jim Brown wrote:
On 1/19/2021 1:28 PM, K9MA wrote:
This explains why W0FLS and VE6WZ are always working DX I can't hear. On the other hand, it could be a lot worse.

There's another BIG reason -- look at VE6WZ's RX antenna farm. Then look at NO3M's. I don't know what Dave has, but I'll bet it's serious too.

> Note that these measurements are relative only. At the time of the
> measurements, The noise from my tribander at 70 feet was about -124
> dBm/Hz on 20 meters. On 80, it was about -107 dB/Hz on the shunt fed
> tower, but I'm not sure that means much, as I never use it for receiving.

Your numbers are meaningless, because you're measuring signal level, not field strength, which must be done with antennas calibrated for the purpose.

73, Jim K9YC

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