Having spent a VERY good week of interstate driving, I'd like to announce
that I worked AA8EB, W4DON, and KG8SF, 40m QRP-to-QRP, mobile-to-fixed.
My hats go off to EVERYONE who made the effort to copy my tiny signal.
So why do I say "QRP MOBILE" is the perfect combo?
100w vs. 5w = 13 db difference. With the amount of noise (electrical,
wind, tire-on-pavement) in the mobile environment, one could assess that
this adds up to a difference of 13 db, or about 2 S-units.
Thus, in a mobile setup, if you can hear 'em then you can pretty much
work 'em because your receiver is "handicapped" - effectively mimicking
the handicap to be experienced by the other guy because you're intentionally
putting out a signal that's at -13 db compared to 100 watts.
(so long as the other, fixed station doesn't have very high noise levels)
* Scott Rosenfeld NF3I Burtonsville, MD FM19mc QRV 80-10/6/2/440 *
*** 6m 75 grids worked on 8 watts *** HF 138 cfmd * QRP-L #147 ***
** QRP ARCI #9054 ** DXCC/WAS/WAC *** 100% dipole powered HF/6m **
* 301-549-1022 h / 301-982-1015 w *** 145.490- 147.225+ PL 156.7 *
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