Return-Path: Received: (qmail 42534 invoked from network); 6 Mar 2005 01:07:58 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ptb-spamcore02.plus.net) (192.168.71.3) by ptb-mailstore03.plus.net with SMTP; 6 Mar 2005 01:07:58 -0000 Received: from mailnull by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with spamcore-l-b (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1D7kG1-0005l7-0e for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:08:34 +0000 Received: from [192.168.67.3] (helo=ptb-mxcore03.plus.net) by ptb-spamcore02.plus.net with esmtp (Exim 4.32; FreeBSD) id 1D7kG0-0005l4-Ts for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:08:32 +0000 Received: from post.thorcom.com ([193.82.116.20]) by ptb-mxcore03.plus.net with esmtp (Exim) id 1D7kFQ-0005Y0-Vg for dave@picks.force9.co.uk; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:07:57 +0000 Received: from majordom by post.thorcom.com with local (Exim 4.14) id 1D7kCI-0004HU-Lw for rs_out_1@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:04:42 +0000 Received: from [193.82.116.30] (helo=relay.thorcom.net) by post.thorcom.com with esmtp (Exim 4.14) id 1D7kCI-0004HL-7M for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:04:42 +0000 Received: from smtp812.mail.ukl.yahoo.com ([217.12.12.202]) by relay.thorcom.net with smtp (Exim 4.43) id 1D7kCG-00051u-PV for rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org; Sun, 06 Mar 2005 01:04:42 +0000 Received: from unknown (HELO Main) (Alan.Melia@213.122.221.130 with login) by smtp812.mail.ukl.yahoo.com with SMTP; 6 Mar 2005 01:04:34 -0000 Message-ID: <000d01c521e8$62708e00$6507a8c0@Main> From: "Alan Melia" To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org References: <4229F14D.12369.DB4AB1@localhost> <000401c521ae$640c9720$6507a8c0@Main> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2005 01:03:55 -0000 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-SPF-Result: relay.thorcom.net: 217.12.12.202 is neither permitted nor denied by domain of btinternet.com X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Spam-Report: autolearn=failed,none Subject: LF: Re: Re: Slow mode comparisons Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on post.thorcom.com X-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=5.0 tests=none autolearn=no version=2.63 X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes Sender: owner-rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org Precedence: bulk Reply-To: rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org X-Listname: rsgb_lf_group X-SA-Exim-Rcpt-To: rs_out_1@blacksheep.org X-SA-Exim-Scanned: No; SAEximRunCond expanded to false X-Spam-Filtered: by PlusNet SpamCORE (v3.00) Hi Markus and Alberto, yup my ball-park figure was a bit out....the old mental arithmetic was not working too well then. My empirical tests showed an approximately 10dB per decade improvement i.e. 3 sec to 30 sec is 10 dB, which would tie in with your figures I think. Lyle Kohler's tests seemed to show this line going close to the theoretical up to 120 sec dots. I guess when it gets there the important thing is stability so you dont "shower" the power into adjacent "boxes" so it gets lost in the noise. This cold East wind we have been having recently really seems to have produced a lot of noise. The lightning map shows that the only storms are down in the central Med around Italy, but I have had to reduce the sensitivity on my capture screen so that I dont think I will see John and Warren it they active. May be we are getting noise from Jay's storm off the Carolina coast Cheers de Alan G3NYK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Melia" To: Sent: 05 March 2005 18:08 Subject: LF: Re: Slow mode comparisons >The swap from QRSS3 to QRSS10 > is an advantage of about 3dB also. It does point to picking the right mode > for the path, and the conditions. > > Cheers de Alan G3NYK