Efficiency

[allsorts]

Hi'yall,

I can see this discussion going round and round in circles and not getting any where if we aren't careful. I think it's time for a summary and way forward:

1) There isn't a set of guides for new participants. Guides on the subjects of:

Overview - What a station should aim to do, taking into account its location, to provide the network with high quality data.
Controller - Construction, description of how it works, description of each firmware setting, option, mode, etc.
Power - Noisy SMPSU's, cures, PoE, Linear supplies.
Antennas - Construction, mounting, connection, location, use of their chracteristics.
Enviroment - Common interference/noise sources, tools and methods to trace noise sources.
Settings - Ways to interpret the station information available from blitzorgtung, LMO, MyBlitzortung. The effects and side
effects of hardware pararmeters.

All stuff for the FAQ, much of it is in the forum(s), if it can be found.

2) The current station measures (Effectivity S, M and L) are not particulary useful aids to setting up or optimising a station. Only one alternative(*) has been suggested that has had some disscussion. Namely Cutty's:

Efficiency = Strokes Detected / Signals Sent
Effectivity = Strokes Detected / Signals Sent - Strokes Detected

Probably time to apply to data sets from a range of real stations to check that it does return useful and meaningful values.

(*) If there have been others they have been lost in the noise by this reader.