Hmm... maybe "like" is the wrong word...

Whaddya mean, QRP?? I'm running 100W into my 40m dipole on 20m with 100
feet of RG-58! Only 13dB of loss there! That's only 2 and change in S
units. I mean, 100W/10^(1.3) = 5.01W... uhoh.

Seriously though, a lot of my 6m DX QSO's on CW are within a couple dB
of being unreadable, I bet. Probably none on HF right now that could
be split this finely, because all my tough ones are being covered by
static crashes on 40 and 30m. Back when 15-10m were open, though, I
would have welcomed a "1/3 S-unit" increase on some of the hard stuff.

Of course, fading is much more than 2dB, but having the average signal
level that much higher will still make an *improvement* in readability.

73,
Dan