On 1/16/2021 3:20 PM, Roger Kennedy wrote:
If you have an efficient transmitting antenna, and an accurately calibrated
S Meter, I have found over the decades that most signal reports are pretty
Reciprocal.
73 Roger G3YRO
Even if:
1. Propagation were always reciprocal.
and
2. Everyone had a calibrated S meter
and
3. Everyone used a single antenna for RX
and TX
and
4. Everyone had the same noise level in their
environment.
There would still be no guarantee that equal S meter
readings would correspond to equal S/N ratios.
For example, you transmit and receive on a dipole, which is
generally better on RX. If the station at the
other end is (like me) transmitting and receiving
on a vertical, that will make me seem to be an
alligator.
Of course, conditions 1 through 4 are by no means
assured in the first place.
YMMV.
73
Rick N6RK
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