[ARC5] Some info on the S-38

K5MYJ macklinbob at gmail.com
Fri Nov 20 00:29:40 EST 2015


Here's what a dB is:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decibel

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa.
"Real Radios Glow In The Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leslie Smith" <vk2bcu at operamail.com>
To: <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, November 19, 2015 7:22 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] Some info on the S-38


> OMG!  OMG!  OMG!  How I hate it when I'm wrong!
> Worse still - how I hate it when I was wrong and I should have known I
> was wrong!
> Worse than that - how I hate it when EVERYONE sees the mistake and
> thinks "YOU WERE WRONG!"
> 
> Sob, sob, sob.  I'm off to eat spaghetti!  (Better than eating worms!)
> Tnx everyone.  I feel better now!
> 
> 73 de Les Smith
>  vk2bcu at operamail.com
> 
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2015, at 11:26, Leslie Smith wrote:
>> Correction:  I wrote that 60dB "down" amounts to one-millionth of the
>> signal (or something like that).
>> 
>> I should have written 60dB "down" amounts to an attenuation of the
>> signal by one-million.  The signal is attenuated 10x log(one-million).  
>> Anyway, I figure that every-one on this list knows that, and made the
>> correction for me already.  -  Les
>> 
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