"Charles W. Hinkle" wrote in message
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By advancing the af gain control

" My receivers make up the nearly 5 db loss.

How do they make up the loss? Just curious.

dxAce
Michigan
USA

Same question here.

Dale W4OP


The problem here lies in S/N ratio not loudness.
If the 5dB loss places a signal down near the noise floor- NO amount of RF
or AF gain in the receiver can restore the S/N.
If your assumption were true, there would be no need of LNA's, small signal
RF amps, active splitters etc.
It's not magic, it's math.
Dale W4OP