BL> All it means is that the Courier/Courier connect
BL> simply turns up the transmit voltage 6dB.

RS> Nope, you are ASSUMING that the numbers are just as valid with a non
RS> Courier on the other end of the line, and in fact the evidence shows
RS> that it CANT be just the transmit level. Specifically the Austel SDL
RS> for Pauls Courier which didnt make any real difference, EVEN THO we
RS> KNOW it used lower transmit levels, by that 6db class amounts too.

I don't understand the point you're trying to make here, Rod.
For starters, ALL 3 of the SDLs I trialled were Austel.  And
I don't know how you know what transmit levels the Courier
was putting out compared to the Netcomm either.  BFN.  Paul.
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