[aprssig] 9600? Faster?
Curt, WE7U
archer at eskimo.com
Thu Jul 7 11:53:12 EDT 2005
On Thu, 7 Jul 2005, Phillip B. Pacier wrote:
> Robert Bruninga wrote:
>
> >Same here. We did extensive tests with 4 different
> >radios over 200 feet separation using lab attenuators
> >and a very long run of RG58 to eliminate any chance
> >of leakage. The diffrence was 7 dB. So it takes
> >50W at 9600 to equal 10W at 1200 baud. Or
> >about half the range.
> >
> >
> I have heard you say this before, and we have just not found this to be
> the biblical case here in southern California. Mobile works fine.
> Distance from station to station is the killer. Maybe it's the
> soil....maybe it's the earthquakes... it just works here. :)
Might part of this be the different pre-emphasis used on some of the
9600 baud rigs/TNC's? I recall that being a problem. Or was that
just the 1200 baud pre-emphasis on the Kenwoods that was different?
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