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Re: [CQ-Contest] reverse beacon network

To: "WW3S" <ww3s@zoominternet.net>, <cq-contest@contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] reverse beacon network
From: "Tom W8JI" <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Reply-to: Tom W8JI <w8ji@w8ji.com>
Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2011 12:26:37 -0500
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> Is there a way to see what antenna's the skimmer station is using? One
> station in EU has me at 22db and another at 8, I'm trying out a new 
> antenna,
> and wondering what the difference is....

It isn't just the antenna. It is every radio aspect of the location, 
antenna, and equipment that determines the S/N ratio. Then, on top of that, 
there is propagation.

Even if antennas were identical, there could be a 30 dB difference in 
background noise alone. Propagation differences could, at times, be 
infinite!

73 Tom 

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