-=> Quoting Scott Christensen to Kerry Kowalski <=-
SC> Kerry Kowalski writes in a message to Scott Christensen
SC> Taking your 148 MHz signal from 1800 miles - with the same 10 dB
SC> antennas on both ends and again only 3 watts input, you get 6.80
SC> microvolts. With a unity gain receive antenna, 2.15 microvolts! (Yes,
SC> I have a programmable calculator that takes the variables and does the
SC> math for this problem! )
SC>
KK> Quit laughin'
SC>
SC> Ain't "line of sight" wonderful?
Not to mention, only a few miles of atmosphere to attenuate
the signal.
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