To: <towertalk@contesting.com>
> Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:06:06 -0400
> From: "Kenneth D. Grimm" <grimm@lynchburg.net>
> Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] C-3 & TH7 comparison - a revision
> To: Pete Smith <n4zr@contesting.com>, towertalk@contesting.com
> Pete Smith wrote:
> <some stuff snipped>
> > Now let's see if I understand this -- we haul 75 pounds of aluminum up to
> > the top of your tower, for 3-4 dB gain over a dipole at the same height.
> > Or you stack two of the things, with rotors and other complexities, for
> > another 2 db. 6 dB = 1 S Unit. Are hams crazy or what?
Hey now, I've yet to see a rig that is 6 dB an S unit:
Look at the R4C, the scale is 5 dB.
Same for the Collins gear. The scale is drawn and clearly marked at 5
dB per S unit. (Top dB scale... 20 dB absolute is S-5, 40 dB absolute
is S9)
If I do a factory spec S meter alignment on my Yeasu, it winds up
3-1/2 dB per S unit mid scale.
My 751A's are all over the place, from 2 dB to over four dB per S
unit.
Sooo.. Where the heck is it written an S unit is some kind of 6 dB
scale standard? S stands for sorta, not 6. One company proposed a 6
dB standard after WW II, and no one ever adopted it. Here we are in
1998, still trying to use it!
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji.tom@MCIONE.com
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