Posted by: beej6
« on: December 16, 2019, 09:30:56 pm »Thank you Jan! As you can tell I am an amateur still at this... trying to keep learning :-)
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Posted by: Jan
« on: December 13, 2019, 09:27:58 pm »Quote
If I get five bars on the reception, should I simply assume that my measurements are , say, 95% accurate?
No, but you may assume that there's a high probability that the results are correct.
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I see where four bars reduces the accuracy, by about what percentage of tolerance?
I think it's better to say that 4 bars indicate increased probability that the results may not be correct. That sentence tells it all.
Due to highly non-linear dependencies there's no formula for calculating measurement tolerance from the signal quality rating (which is a mix of noise voltage and AM). For example the noise voltage may be affected by more than 5 influences, while each influence has a different impact on the measurements. There's no way how to detect all influences separately and plausibly. We're talking about FM which is a non-linear modulation. The noise voltage is also affected by the peak deviation but peak deviation is affected by the noise voltage. That task has no solution if the reception quality is insufficient (but in the P275, some correction algorithms expect fixed 75 kHz peak deviation so it can be said that this value is measured with best accuracy).
For reference measurements you should simply meet the general rules and official recommendations (60 dBuV, directional antenna, no interference sources) otherwise it is preferable to verify the measurement from another location, depending on the purpose.
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I was measuring a station 50km away, just a 1kw station but 4-bay antenna and almost 500m AMSL. Five bars it was!
It is entirely ok, the distance is not a problem if you use directional antenna to suppress multipath and if there's no extra strong signal in your neighborhood.
Posted by: beej6
« on: December 13, 2019, 06:43:34 pm »Hi, I've had the stock P275 (and the P175 before that) for a little bit now. Notwithstanding the charts to estimate effective range of the measurements:
If I get five bars on the reception, should I simply assume that my measurements are , say, 95% accurate?
I see where four bars reduces the accuracy, by about what percentage of tolerance?
I was measuring a station 50km away, just a 1kw station but 4-bay antenna and almost 500m AMSL. Five bars it was!
If I get five bars on the reception, should I simply assume that my measurements are , say, 95% accurate?
I see where four bars reduces the accuracy, by about what percentage of tolerance?
I was measuring a station 50km away, just a 1kw station but 4-bay antenna and almost 500m AMSL. Five bars it was!