Re: KX3 vs. K3 and other rigs?

Posted by Alan Bloom on Jun 06, 2011; 3:56pm
URL: http://elecraft.85.s1.nabble.com/KX3-vs-K3-and-other-rigs-tp6443819p6445688.html

On Mon, 2011-06-06 at 08:10 -0700, juergen wrote:

> However from a communications effectiveness point of  20 watts is a
> much more realistic power level, especially for SSB QSO's.

The difference between 10 and 20 watts is only 3 dB, half an S-unit.
Compared to the 20-30 dB of QSB you often find on the HF bands, you
would hardly even notice such a small difference.  I think it is quite
rare that 3 dB would be the difference between making a contact or not.

Alan N1AL


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